24.5 and 36.9% two numbers which show up our rotten electoral system.

The argument for a fairer electoral system has bee n highlighted by the Result last may and one Constituency in particular where the SDP's Alistair  McDonald one with less than 25% of the vote.

General Election 2015: Belfast South [2][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDLP	Alasdair McDonnell	9,560	24.5	-16.5
	DUP	Jonathan Bell[4]	8,654	22.2	-1.5
	Alliance	Paula Bradshaw	6,711	17.2	+2.3
	Sinn Féin	Máirtín Ó Muilleoir	5,402	13.9	+13.9
	UUP	Rodney McCune	3,549	9.1	-8.2
	Green (NI)	Clare Bailey[5]	2,238	5.7	+2.7
	UKIP	Bob Stoker	1,900	4.9	+4.9
	NI Conservatives	Ben Manton	582	1.5	+1.5
	Workers' Party	Lily Kerr	361	0.9	+0.9
Majority			906	2.3
Turnout				60.0
	SDLP hold		Swing

This  narrowly beats tthe 26% that Russel Johnson scraped home with in 1992

General Election 1992: Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sir David Russell Johnston	13,258	26.0	−10.8
	Labour	David John Stewart	12,800	25.1	−0.2
	SNP	Fergus Stewart Ewing	12,562	24.7	+9.9
	Conservative	John Scott	11,517	22.6	−0.4
	Green	John Martin	766	1.5	N/A
Majority			458	0.9	−10.6
Turnout			50,903	73.6	+2.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	−5.3

Though maybe Johnson victory was even more controversial in that 3 parties were in a whisker of taking the seat off him

Bearing in mind that the Conservatives have an absolute majority of just 36.9% how can anyone still argue that First Past the Post is a fair system?.

Supposing there had been a hung parliament and Alistair  McDonald   vote turned out to be vital in who formed the next Parliament . He would have gone with Labour and the Tory press would be wailing.

Is it not time Labour promised STV as a means of reforming our voting system and should it not be a major question put forward to the leadership contenders.