Table of Contents

The first critics 1820-1857; Thomas Hare and John Stuart Mill; the first campaign - part I, 1859-1883; early objections; the first campaign - part II, 1884-1904; school boards, local government and home rule, 1885-1904; the second campaign, 1905-1914; the Speaker's conference and the representation of the People Bill, 1916-1929; the Labour Government and the alternative vote, 1929-1931; 1931-1945 - barren years; conclusion; postscript, 1945-1990.

Promotional Information

The first scholarly history of proportional representation

Reviews

'Janifer Hart's book is a historical tract for the times, which will help inform the continuing debate on what we might learn to call 'fair voting'.'
Philip Williamson, The Political Quarterly, Volume 63, No. 4, October-December 1992
`It is rare for a book to deserve the word "definitive", but Jenifer Hart's history of the advocacy of proportional representation earns the description. She has written a very thorough, painstaking account of the many attempts top convince the British people and the British Parliament that 'the-first-past-the-post' method of determining the winner of an election is not consistent with democracy.'
Utilitas, Vol. 5, No. 2, November 1993