A CAMPAIGN calling for a fair voting system came to Bristol when 150 people marched through the city centre.

The march and a rally on College Green were organised by the Take Back Parliament movement, a coalition of groups such as the Electoral Reform Society, the Fawcett Society and Power2010.

It coincided with events in other cities that called for a change to the first-past-the-post electoral system used in Britain. The coalition was launched on polling day last week in response to claims that millions of votes cast would have been wasted. Members said the outcome of the election was the most unequal ever due to the high turnout and they are pressing for a more proportional method to be introduced.

Wearing purple –the colour associated with the women's suffragette movement –people of all ages met on College Green before marching onto the Centre and through the city.

Tom O'Bryan, of Power2010, said: "Proportional representation is making the news after the election and we hope there will be a referendum on a new voting system."

He said there was no need for people to be frightened of a hung parliament or a coalition as it had worked in other countries, such as Germany.