A very long and impassioned debate in the Commons this evening about the referendum on the Alternative Vote (AV) and equalising the number of voters in each constituency.
I made two points: first that there will be significant ramifications if Scotland votes for AV, and England against.
I also thought it important to note that whilst First Past the Post is the least worst voting system, it does have one flaw: that is in a number of constituencies, an MP can win the vote with less than 50% or even 40% of support.
The answer to this is I believe to introduce the French system, (which is also used in the Czech Republic and Hungary), whereby there is a second run off (also under First Past the Post) for the top two candidates, in constituencies in which a 50% majority was not achieved first time around. This has the benefits of keeping our current voting mechanism, whilst ensuring that in every constituency, the MP elected has an overall majority.
