Lab v Cons offers AV

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/liveevent/
10 May 2010 20.05 : Some clarification. Labour are planning to offer the Lib Dems a bill on bringing in the Alternative Vote AV electoral system and a referendum on a fuller system of proportional representation, Lib Dem sources tell the BBC. The Tories, by contrast, are offering a referendum on AV and fixed-term parliaments.


The Electoral Reform Society ERS say that 'AV is not a proportional system, and can in fact be more disproportional than FPTP.'


more about AV from the ERS and how it compares to First Past The Post FPTP.