Member of Parliament
Chris Clarkson
Member since
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321
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Last spoke
21 May 2024
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HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Fourth sitting)Q I take the academic point, Professor Pattie, but I think it would be quite a hard sell on the doorsteps to tell some of my constituents that 20,000 extra voters are required…23 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Fourth sitting)Q Less disruption is less work for the Boundary Commissions, rather than electoral equality. Professor Pattie: Well, you still have equalisation and a fairly tight parameter in…23 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Fourth sitting)Q To take that thread, if we are not being too precious about communities, why is a 7% or 8% variance better than a 5% variance? Surely it is better to get closer to the mean.…23 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Fourth sitting)Q This is for both our witnesses, but I will start with Dr Rossiter. Do you agree that reaching electoral equality is important not just between regions but within regions? I will…23 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Fourth sitting)Q Setting aside what we would prefer the system to be, do you agree that, for the current system, more equalised electorates would be fairer? Darren Hughes: Yes, provided that we…23 Jun 2020
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