... In fact, no post-war British political party has won more than 50% of the popular vote. In one example, the Labour Party managed to gain power with just 37.2% of the overall vote in the February election of 1974. The election in October of that same year didn't produce any further credible results, as they managed to gain power with just 39.2% of the vote.1 This un-proportional system also means that the minority parties don't get proper representation within parliament. For example, in the 2002 election, with 18.9% of the popular vote, the liberal democrat party gained just 52 seats.2 Under a fully proportionate system, this number would have more than doubled with them gaining 121 seats within the House of Commons. In a more specific example, the Conservative Party polled 15.6% of the overall vote in Scotland, and yet got just one seat, when a proportional system would have ...

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