In 1917 it was recommending the
STV form of proportional representation be adopted for British elections.
However, the proposal was lost when put to the vote in the House of Commons by just 7 votes..
I believe this bill if passed would not only have changed British history but the history of the world.
For example at the next general election the coalition of Conservatives and Liberals would still have had a large majority but by 1922 everything would change.
In the 1918 election saw a number of smaller parties gain MP's with this new electoral system in place these parties may well have grown.
1922 Election Result
Conservative - 29%
Labour - 24%
Liberal - 16%
National Liberal - 15%
National party - 5% (merger of the National Democratic Party and National Party)
Communist party - 4% (merger of British Socialist party and various other Socialist groups)
Prohibition party - 3%
Agriculturalist party - 2% (Agrarian/Farmers Union party)
Others - 2%
Lab/Lib/NL coalition government formed.
Prime Minister - Herbert Asquith
Chancellor - David Lloyd George
Home Secretary - John Robert Clynes