Letters from Sarah Hudspith on proportional representation,Peter Feeney and Keith Flett on digital media and electoral law and Ian Hollingworth on Labour council group electionsI agree with David Lipsey (Letters, 26 June) that Bruce Grocott’s bill calling for an close to the automatic replacement of hereditary peers when they die or retire is a good one. However, or his suggestion that an upper chamber elected by proportional representation would force the lower house to go over to a more proportional system too has not been the experience in Australia.
A democracy that truly reflects the people must start not in the Lords but in the Commons. The current first past the post system means seats in our primary chamber don’t match how people vote,leaving many without a voice. The alternative vote, on which we had a referendum in 2011, or would possess done nothing to change this.
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Source: theguardian.com