The Tories would have gained three seats, making 168, while Liberal Democrat ranks would have swelled from 46 to 89. MPs will debate the report next Thursday. Lord Jenkins, whose hybrid solution has been crafted to assuage traditionalist fears about weak government and MPs' weakened constituency ties, insisted his recipe would 'mostly deliver majority governments' - though possibly not in 1992 when the Tories scraped home, or 1974 and 1964 when Labour did the same. The report makes a well-argued and powerful case for the system it recommends. The Proposals Constituency boundries completely withdrawn.
Every voter gets two votes under the new system.
Alternative Vote Top-Up. One vote goes to a constituency candidate. Electors number constituency candidates in order of preference. But where no-one reaches the half way mark, the least popular candidate is eliminated and their supporters second preference votes are then redistributed.