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At least it is proportional – and it retains a constituency link.
By encouraging this obsession with the "constituency link" it has undermined the case for electoral reform.
Brown said there was "no perfect system" but AV maintained the constituency link, which he felt was important.
Pro Voters can express preferences, ensuring each MP is elected with at least 50 per cent of the votes; keeps the constituency link.
Pro Achieves greater proportionality, depending on the ratio of additional members to directly elected ones; maintains the constituency link for most members.
Each English MP's vote could be weighted according to the total number of English voters who backed his party, ensuring proportional representation without breaking the constituency link.
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Australia uses a mix of voting systems but keeps constituency links for Mps.
There was a hectic search for a well-trained monkey with strong constituency links.
Lord Jenkins has been told to find a scheme, broadly proportional but preserving constituency links, to put to the electorate as a possible alternative to the prevailing system.
In theory Labour could put up a well-trained monkey with strong constituency links and it would be elected (even if a lack of opposable thumbs might have proven a problem in filling expenses claims).
A switch to AV would not mean changing the current MP-constituency link.
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