The upshot of this discussion is that it has deepened my commitment to some form of Proportional representation. Though PR systems have their own drawbacks, they ensure that the individual representatives can vote for those who elected ...

There is of course a perfectly good system which allows for both fairness and preferential voting. it is called the Single Transferable Vote and it is supported by formal Lib Dem policy – AV is not. Paul McKeown ...

The coalition government will shortly announce plans for a reformed House of Lords or Senate that is wholly or predominantly elected using a full proportional representation system. Taken in conjunction with the UK's long-run transition ...

And just about every other major industrial democracy relies on some version of proportional representation, resulting in multi-party governing coalitions of varying stability. India obviously is an astoundingly heterogeneous country, ...

Proportional representation allows all voters a degree of influence on the political process. Proportional systems typically use political parties as the measure of representation. For example, a party that receives 15% of the votes ...

Dunleavy produces the following table showing the dynamics favouring electoral reform in five key Westminster model countries as they move towards multi-party systems in which hung parliaments are increasingly the norm. ...