But most candidate countries are small, so expansion could push over-representation to absurd levels.

ECONOMIST: The Union��s tricky treaty

He added that unofficial research he had done among patients in east London backed up this finding of over-representation.

BBC: Prostate cancer risk 'higher for black men'

MPs will eventually be cut to reduce that country's over-representation at Westminster.

ECONOMIST: Devolution: The choice for Scotland and Wales | The

"Characters came out as gay every year - it became daft - we needed to do something different, " she said, adding that she felt it was an over-representation.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Wales | TV team 'not told' of abuse claims

Steve Shrubb, director of the NHS Confederation's Mental Health Network which represents the majority of mental health trusts, said tackling the over-representation of minority ethnic groups in mental health wards was the biggest challenge facing providers.

BBC: The census looked at 257 NHS and independent institutions

Instead of the restricted G-14, club representation has been taken over by a wide-ranging independent European Club Association, which will have more than 100 members.

BBC: Barcelona president Joan Laporta is confident of a new era

Until then, districts across America had very different populations but equal representation, so that some (mostly rural) communities were over-represented in legislatures and Congress, while others were under-represented.

ECONOMIST: Election boundaries