Stuart's Rant Page

Well not in actuality, but if you look at the figures below, (figures obtained from the BBC News, Election 2005 web site),you will see that the Conservative polled more votes than Labour, but were awarded significantly fewer seats.
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The Conservatives received 8,102,662 votes while Labour received 8,038,965 , yet the Conservatives were awarded only 193 seats to Labour's 286.
That isn't fair !


Or to put it another way, the Conservative polled more votes than Labour, but ended up with two thirds of the seats.
That isn't fair !


How could this gross miscarriage of justice occur?


I know the system isn't linear (i.e. the number of seat you get is not in direct proportion to the votes you receive), but over such a large population, as that of England, surely things should even out.


If you get the same number of votes, you should get the same number of seats.


Look at the North East, Labour polled just 2.7 times as may votes as the Tories, but get 28 times as many seats.


Look at the North West, Labour polled 1.6 times as may votes as the Tories, but get 6.8 times as many seats..


Look at the East Midland, Labour polled just about the same votes as the Tories, but get 1.4 times as many seats..

That isn't fair !


It can only be by underhandedness. And who is in a position to oversee such a gross miscarriage of natural justice ?
The incumbent administration is. Enough said ?


Look forward to another 5 years of ..
Taxation, Taxation, Taxation
and
Soft on bureaucracy, soft on the causes of bureaucracy.


Maybe by the next election, Mr. Blair will have created enough civil servants to achieve a real majority (not that he need to).

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Last Updated on 10/05/05

By Stuart Allen