proportional representation

If a similar result is replicated across the whole of Wales at the Senedd election next May - which will switch to a new proportional representation voting system - then the party could face an existential threat.

The Liberal Democrats have long backed electoral reform and support bringing in a form of proportional representation, which they feel would more fairly reflect people's votes.

The law’s text doesn’t mention majority-minority districts and stresses that it doesn’t establish a right to proportional representation.

In Wales, they have high hopes the new proportional representation voting system will allow the party to gain a foothold in the Senedd.

The election uses a system of proportional representation known as the Single Transferable Vote.