7 DECEMBER 1934, Page 19

ELECTORAL REFORM

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]

SIR, Mr. Frank Morris' letter from the Constitutional Club may, I hope, be taken as evidence that anxiety as to the results of our electoral system is not the monopoly of any one party.

The future of parliamentary government depends on the fortunes of electoral reform. A parliament which is not reasonably representative of public opinion will not command the respect of fair-minded men. But the alternative vote—a device for the creation of a

• factitious majority in single-member constituencies—should not be confused with P.R.—a system mum cuique tribuendi, of giving to every considerable party its just share of rcpre-