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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

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—
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
723 c963 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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