I am grateful to my noble friend. Does he agree that an electoral system which, at the general election in 2010, required the Conservative Party to get 40 per cent of the vote to get an overall majority but Labour to get only 34 per cent cannot possibly be considered fair?
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Maples
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 15 November 2010.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill.
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