Tim Streater wrote:
Thass right. With the result that the constituency boundaries
permanently favour Labour. It takes a lot fewer votes to elect a Labour
MP than a Tory one.

That's nothing to do with boundaries, it's entirely due to the fact
Labour seats are won with low turnouts and non-Labour seats are won
woth high turnouts.

In Sheffield all six seats have 72,000 electors. In Hallam 50,000 of
them voted, with 30,000 voting LibDem, getting 1.00 LibDem MPs. In
Brightside only 38,000 of those 72,000 people voted, 20,000 voting
Labour and getting 1.00 Labour MPs. Wah wah! Not fair! Brightside
should only have 2/3 of an MP! Wah wah! Throws rattle out of pram.

jgh