Three very different views on electoral reform

Well, it's official. All three parties now call for electoral reform. The only problem is that all three have VERY different views of what electoral reform should be passed. The Liberal Democrats call for proportional representation (which is nothing new). Labour jumped into the debate calling for alternative votes (a similar system to what is used in Australia), and the Tories yesterday said they would drastically cut the number of seats and equalise the number of people within each constituency. Naturally each party has chosen the system that will benefit them best. The Liberal Democrats never get the number of seats that their share of the vote entitles them to (although I would argue that if it did, they would get far fewer votes), Labour believes the Liberal Democrats split the centre-left vote, which would mean that in a ranking system they would benefit from Lib Dem second choices (although once again, I don't think they will benefit as much as they think they will - large chunks of Liberal Democrat voters are actually libertarian and would rank the Tories above Labour), while the Conservatives claim many of Labour's seats are in urban areas with fewer people in each constituency (not to mention the Scottish seats have significantly fewer people per constituency - meaning a Scottish vote counts for a lot more than an English one), so by equalising the number of people per constituency and making them larger, they will improve Conservative chances of electoral victory. Of the three, the Conservative one is the reform most likely to get the results they desire.

All this means is that there will be reform of one kind or another after the election - and the people of Britain will be voting not just for a new government, but also what kind of electoral system they want!