I concede that it is a better system than first past the post, but a lot of the problems are about how big or small the electoral regions are. The larger they are, the less problem there is with the overlap between the jobs of the two sorts of Member, and the less it is in the interests of list Members that people on their own side are defeated in the constituency elections.
Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (Money) (No. 3)
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David Howarth
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 9 February 2010.
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Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill.
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