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So how does that end up being proportional... you could still get 10% of the vote nationally and not get a single MP.

Example: 8 MPs in a 'constituency'... if Ed Balls is number one on the Labour list, as long as Labour get 13% of the vote, he gets in. Or does it work some other way??

But that sort of system would mean Portillo / Ed Balls could almost never have been voted out... because his own party would put him top of their list for that group of seats.

Can you imagine, with a party list system, what sort of high calibre candidate would be likely to be no.80 on the UKIP list?

As long as we don't have a list system which rewards party toadies and lickspittles with safe seats at the top of the list... then I am happy enough with PR. We need a voting system that allows for the Portillo and Ed Balls moments. It will lead to more coalition government, which once we have...

Or don't bother voting because their chosen candidate is bound to win anyway... so maybe they would now go out and vote for one of the bigger parties??