Rural areas are geographically bigger, that's already the case. STV constituencies can still retain local ties, eg, as in your examples, covering a single county or local government area. (View Post)

STV constituencies can be quite compact, rather than 'regions'. Leeds, for example, could be a 5-seat constituency and the MPs would be answerable to voters across the city. (View Post)

Maybe not in the mid-1990s. (View Post)

An easy first. (View Post)

From 1983 to 2019 the Conservatives were in government for almost twice as long as Labour. (View Post)