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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

I prefer to make my own speech, and that is not a subject that I want to deal with. This Bill is about boundaries, not about increasing turnouts. A large part of the cause is the difference in the size of constituencies. It is not, I agree, the only cause. Differential turnout and the stacking up of votes in safe seats is certainly part of it, but the differential size of constituencies is part of it, and it is demonstrated by some of the figures I have just given.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
722 c729 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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