Tory MP supports reform
Submitted by editor on Thu, 10/09/2009 - 12:44
“With 7 out of 10 MPs from “safe seats”, the Commons today is monumentally useless as a legislature capable of reining in the executive.”
“If every member of the Commons faced a genuinely competitive election to remain at Westminster, we would have a legislature with real verve, capable of independent-minded scrutiny of government.”
“Multi-member seats would retain the constituency link – and produce clear working majorities, not endless coalitions. It’d ensure more choice when deciding who gets to be your next MP. And more competition, not just when opening fetes and holding advice surgeries, but when vying to champion local opinion.”
These quotations are all from an excellent article by Douglas Carswell, the Conservative MP for Harwich and Clacton. I urge you to visit www.talkcarswell.com/show.aspx?id=968 and read the full article.
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The reasons for the gender inequality in the House of Commons are at least partly historical rooted in a time when fewer women worked and sexism was more widespread than it is today. Part of the reason the House of Commons has not caught up with society is because the first past the post voting system is very unresponsive to changes in society. Safe seats are one reason the system is unresponsive but wasted votes don't help either.ccna training
First past the post may not have created all of the problems we now see with the House of Commons but it certainly makes them all more difficult to fix.
The reasons for the gender
The reasons for the gender inequality in the House of Commons are at least partly historical rooted in a time when fewer women worked and sexism was more widespread than it is today. Part of the reason the House of Commons has not caught up with society is because the first past the post voting system is very unresponsive to changes in society. Safe seats are one reason the system is unresponsive but wasted votes don't help either.ccna training
First past the post may not have created all of the problems we now see with the House of Commons but it certainly makes them all more difficult to fix.