The Deputy Prime Minister stresses greatly the need for constituencies of the same size, as it is a question of equality of voting. It currently takes about 35,000 votes to return a Labour MP, 37,000 votes to return a Tory MP and about 115,000 votes to return a Lib Dem MP. When we redraw the boundaries, what does he think would be a fair number to go for to return a Lib Dem MP?
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 6 September 2010.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill.
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