Steve Coogan announces which party he's voting for as he says 'millions of people's voices go unheard'

Steve Coogan and Carol Vorderman have backed Liberal Democrat proposals for electoral reform, with the comedian revealing he plans to lend his vote to the party again in the next general election.

Coogan supported calls to replace first past the post with proportional representation, saying 'millions of people's voices go unheard'.

Meanwhile, media personality Vorderman has said the current system fails to deliver parliaments that 'properly reflect the will of the nation'.

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Their messages were to be screened at a party rally in Bournemouth this evening, where delegates are gathering for what they believe might be their last conference before a general election expected next year.

In a pre-recorded video, Middleton-raised Coogan says: "I'm here to support the Lib Dems in their campaign for proportional representation. At the moment we have an electoral system that robs millions of people of their vote.

"Every time we have an election, millions of people's voices go unheard. "I'm not a member of the Lib Dems despite the beard and the fleece, I generally vote Labour.

"But where I live in Lewes, the candidate best placed to kick the Tories out is the Lib Dem candidate, so I vote for them."

Vorderman says: "We desperately need to end a system where only marginal seats matter, end a system which delivers parliaments that fail to accurately reflect votes cast and end a system where only the winner's votes count.

"It doesn't deliver parliaments that properly reflect the will of the nation. It has to