I do not think that the count would necessarily be complicated; it is the explanation of ““If you give me your third preferences, I will get one third of a vote””. In the course of the counting, fractions of votes will be counted against individual candidates; that strikes me as complicated, lacking in clarity and implausible as far as the electorate are concerned. To be told that I have got two-thirds of a vote more than you seems to me to be an unconvincing electoral system. I do not know of any electoral system in the world where you can win by less than one vote, although maybe there are some. I suspect the reason why there are no systems where you can win by less than one vote—
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Falconer of Thoroton
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 20 December 2010.
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Debate on bills on Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill.
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