democracies in the correlation between votes and seats in elections.
             This is evident in a majoritarian democracy such as that of the United Kingdom where more parties win greater amounts of the popular vote, but are denied legislative representation in Parliament. As Allen quotes, 'proportionality, for majoritarian systems, is not a primary concern' . This is highlighted by looking at the electoral performance and the consequent seat allocation of the several 'third parties' in majoritarian countries, noticeably the Liberal Democrats in the United Kingdom, where there is a palpable lack of proportionality between votes gained and seats attained. However as Allen quotes, ' The disproportionality between the earned vote and seat allocation in majoritarian democracies is not necessarily a failure of democracy or the concept of representation, but a discrepancy which results in majoritarian systems that utilize ' first past the post systems'' .
             The representation of consensus democracies can however also
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