German PR

Under the elimination rule used by German proportional representation, parties with less than 5 per cent of the votes are dropped out of the reckoning.

By The Newsroom

Published 21st May 2015, 01:00 BST

On that basis the results for the UK’s recent election would be: Conservatives: 275; Labour: 229; Ukip: 92; Liberal Democrats: 54.

Hmmn!

Tim Flinn

Haddington

East Lothian

Liberal Democrats Labour