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Wouldn’t an elected second chamber just mirror the Commons?

April 26, 2017chamber Commons elected mirror

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Wouldn’t an elected second chamber just mirror the Commons?

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No, because of proportional representation (PR). For instance, the last election delivered to the Labour Party a majority of 165 seats in the Commons. Yet they only won 41% of the votes. Therefore they would only get 41% of the seats in the reformed second chamber.