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* The single-member district is a relative new arrival on the British political scene, only uniformly used since 1950. For over 600 years, until 1885, the double-member system was the norm, and its junior equivalent still exists in many places at local government level. A return to the previous constituency structure could hardly be described as radical or revolutionary.
* The supposedly sacred constituency is dismembered about every 10 years, at the behest of the Boundary Commissioners. Constituencies disappear, are created, renamed, or may have their political complexion transformed beyond recognition, without a single vote having changed. The irony of course is this havoc is wreaked because of the very existence of FPTP constituencies in the first place, and the unavoidable problem they create - creeping ''malapportionment''.
* The voters themselves are clearly indifferent. Survey evidence reveals that only about 20% of voters can name their MP, or their constituency.
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