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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Michael Meadowcroft

Letter: Sir Samuel Brittan obituary

Samuel Brittan
Samuel Brittan was an avid supporter of electoral reform. Photograph: Charlie Bibby/FT

Your obituary of Sir Samuel Brittan gave a good picture of the many varied facets of his life but one passion that was omitted was his support for electoral reform. Typically of Sam it was not just a vague commitment to proportional representation but a preference for the single transferable vote, the mathematics of which he not only understood but expounded, calling it the “super vote”.

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