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How Likely is Proportional Representation in the House of Commons? Lessons from International Experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2013

Alan Renwick
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Abstract

This article asks what international evidence suggests about the likelihood of major reform of the system used to elect the British House of Commons. It identifies four paths that have generated major electoral reform or come close to doing so in established democracies in recent decades and examines how likely each is to lead to reform in the UK. It argues that, on this evidence, reform in the UK is unlikely but not impossible.

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Government and Opposition , Volume 44 , Issue 4 , 2009 , pp. 366 - 384
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