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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

The hon. Gentleman is giving us a lecture on the difference between prescriptive and descriptive grammar. However, in a previous general election—in 1992, I think it was—the Inverness seat had four candidates on roughly 25% each. How were those voters allowed any power or given any alternatives to express their further preferences, rather than having the winning candidate get only roughly a quarter of the votes?
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
516 c839 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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