Comment on Proportional Representation : The Single Transferable Vote by David.

It’s impossible to say since there’s no specific proposed proportional representation system on the table right now.

Even the preferred Lib Dems single transferable vote system has multiple permutations, so to try to determine a possible result is fraught with problems.

That being said if we used the sort of systems used in other countries where there’s a cut off point for a party to gain power (minimum 10% of the 1st votes in a constituency to go to stage two) then a bit of an expert on the BNP who calls himself Vote No To BNP estimates at worst we’d have 1 or 2 BNP MPs right now because only 3 BNP candidates gained 10% of the vote in the constituency they stood in.

It could also easily be 0 BNP MPs under PR if the BNP can’t secure significantly more than 10% of the vote in constituencies after the worst performing candidates are removed and their votes are shared amongst the remaining candidates.

David

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