How fair is the current UK voting system?

The UK voting system has come under significant pressure over the last few weeks after David Cameron was able to deliver a Conservative majority in the House of Commons with a vote share of just 36.9%. This equated to 331 seats against 232 seats for the Labour Party with a share of the vote of 30.4%. The system is based along boundaries and has no connection to the number of voters in each particular constituency. There were attempts under the former Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition to...
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