The 2005 General Election in Great Britain
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Disproportionality and bias in the results of the 2005 general election in Great Britain: evaluating the electoral system’s impact
The 2005 UK general election resulted for the third successive time in the Labour party winning a much larger share of seats in the House of Commons than of the votes cast. Furthermore, with an equal share of the votes the Conservative party would have won 111 seats fewer than Labour. Commentators have used this outcome to criticise aspects of the country’s electoral system. This paper reports ...
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