Proportional Representation - A Study in Methods of Election by John H. Humphreys
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Nuneaton 5,849 7,677 -- 1,828
Rugby 4,907 5,181 -- 274 Stratford-on-Avon 4,173 4,321 -- 148 ------------------------------------------- 22,490 22,021 469 The Conservatives, who were in a majority of 469, obtained one-fourth of the representation allotted to the county. Similar examples can be given from nearly every election. Thus the figures for the five divisions of Sheffield in the election of December 1910 were as follows:-- SHEFFIELD (ELECTION, DECEMBER 1910) Electoral Ministerial Unionist Ministerial Unionist Division Votes. Votes. Majority. Majority. Attercliffe 6,532 5,354 1,178 -- Brightside 5,766 3,902 1,864 -- Central 3,271 3,455 -- 184 Eccleshall 5,849 6,039 -- 190 Hallam 5,593 5,788 -- 195 ------------------------------------------- 27,011 24,538 2,473 It will be seen that the Ministerial majority in each of the Attercliffe and Brightside divisions was larger than the aggregate of the Unionist majorities in the other three divisions; yet the Unionists obtained three seats out of five. In the same election the result of the contested seats in London (including Croydon and West Ham) was as follows:-- |
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