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Proceeding contribution from Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 10 June 2009. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Constitutional Renewal.

Constitutional Renewal

My Lords, might I remind my noble friend that, when some of us did some detailed research on the alternative vote some 20 years ago, in 1989, we found that it threw up freak results where third-placed candidates were awarded the seat on the basis of the 50 per cent threshold? That consideration drove the Plant commission, which was then established by the Labour Party, to recommend the supplementary vote, which avoids that problem. May I alert my noble friend to the need, before we start talking of the alternative vote as a way forward, for people to do a little homework?

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Type
Proceeding contribution
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711 c655 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Disclosure of information Codes of practice Discipline Conduct Allowances Devolution British constitution Freedom of information House of Lords House of Commons Electoral register Internet Electoral systems Misconduct Members Public consultation Parliamentary procedure Peers Public records Young people Regulation Reform Voting rights Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
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