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===Treats third (and smaller) parties more fairly===
===Treats third (and smaller) parties more fairly===
At every election in the past the Liberal Democrats would have won significantly more seats than under FPTP; extremists, splinters and micro-parties would win few, if any.
At every election in the past the Liberal Democrats would have won significantly more seats than under FPTP; extremists, splinters and micro-parties would win few, if any.

Smaller parties or independents may occasionally break through in a particular constituency, just as they can under FPTP. Closed list forms of PR make this impossible, and very difficult even under semi-open lists.


===Retains small constituencies===
===Retains small constituencies===