Scrapping the first-past-the-post system has been an article of faith for his party for decades, even if AV falls far short of the full proportional representation favoured by Liberal Democrats.

自民党几十年来都想要废除最高票者当选的制度，即便备择性选举离自民党推举的比例代表制还有很大一段距离。

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That is laughably overblown, not least because Westminster's first-past-the-post system makes it much harder for them to win even one.

这种吹嘘只能让人笑话，尤其是在英国议会的简单多数获胜制下，他们要夺得哪怕一个席位都是难上加难。

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The main sticking-point is likely to be over Lib Dem demands for a concession from the Tories over reform to Britain’s first-past-the-post electoral system.

症结点很有可能是自民党对保守党所提的让步要求，即英国第一次后选举体制改革。

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Under the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, a referendum on whether to replace first past the post with the AV system would be held on 5 May 2011 next year.

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The South East, like the country as a whole, voted overwhelmingly ' No' to changing the voting system from the current first-past-the-post system to the alternative vote.

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The Conservatives vehemently oppose the alternative vote, arguing that the current first past the post voting system "delivers clear, clean results" even if it does currently seem to work against them.

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