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Electoral System

Proceeding contribution from Lord Horam (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 26 February 2007. It occurred during Opposition day on Electoral System.
I am sorry to hear that they will not rule it out. Frankly, it was a fiasco, which shows once again that the Government are not prepared to put in the necessary safeguards. They are taking needless risks with fraud. The Labour party gains a huge advantage from the present parliamentary boundary system. It won 93 more MPs in England at the last general election, yet the Conservative party got more votes. That is the fact of the matter. The Labour party has that huge advantage and is now trying to pile on top of that a further advantage from the nature of electoral registration. Is it so lacking in confidence about its prospects under the current Chancellor at the next general election that it has to try to rig the system outrageously in favour of its own side? What this Labour party is up to is truly astonishing.

About this proceeding contribution

Reference

457 c709 

Session

2006-07

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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