House of Commons under the Wyoming Rule

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I was thinking a little about the Wyoming Rule, a proposal for reapportionment of US Congressional districts. The sum required would be to calculate the total electorate divided by the smallest possible unit to get the total number of constituencies, then round that number to the nearest whole and divide the seats proportionally.

I have a proposal to do this with the UK, but have Rutland be the equivalent of Wyoming. Rutland's approximate electorate is 27,355. The total estimated electorate of the UK (if 66.1% of people, 30,691,680, voted) is 46,432,194.

46,432,194 divided by 27,355 = 1,697 constituencies.

This is probably the most insane idea ever conceived on this site: to make a UK Parliament where this rule applies.

...Any takers? :p
 
Alex Richards

Alex Richards

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Uhura's Mazda said:
Isles of Scilly, maybe? It has its own Council, so it would count. Population 2280, meaning, er... 28,384 constituencies. That's more consituencies than there are councillors.
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Super-unitary Britain. All local councils are abolished and their functions absorbed into Westminster. Any local issue is deal with by a Parliamentary Group of the resident people.
 
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