A fair voting system?

'I rather liked the notion of an English Grand Committee in Westminster dealing with purely English concerns which might have the blessed bonus of untwisting Tam Dalyell's knickers about Scots voting on things which were none of their business.'
Ruth Wishart in the Herald 18 th November 1997.

Votes required to elect an MP

How many votes were required, on average, to elect a member of Parliament for a Scottish constituency in the past three General Elections ?

Party	1992	1997	2001	2005
Labour	23,323	22,917	18,203	23,060
Liberal Democrats	42,650	36,536	37,886	48,007
Scottish National Party	209,850	102,877	92,863	68,711
Conservatives	68,359	Infinity (No MPs)	360,658	369,388

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