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Having two houses of parliament can be used to balance out regional representation with population-based representation. That way, population centers don't comp
by myrion 5y ago
Having two houses of parliament can be used to balance out regional representation with population-based representation. That way, population centers don't completely overshadow more rural areas.
That can be overdone, like in the US, where rural areas can completely overshadow the population centers but the idea isn't terrible.
- MarcScott 5y agoI live in an rural area where we elect a single MP, with a population of around 90,000. There are London districts with populations 3 times that number, that also elect a single MP. So maybe you are right, and in the UK we often get rural areas over represented vs metropolitan centres. An obvious explanation for why Brexit occurred. However, our second house is basically useless. I've had no say in their placement, and I rarely hear about them in the news unless the issue is about murdering foxes.
- throw0101a 5y ago> That way, population centers don't completely overshadow more rural areas. So ((one person) ≠ (one vote))? Why should people in rural areas get more representation than non-rural areas?