 If that was not achieved, then there could be a postal ballot of the whole party in which the resolution would again need a two-thirds majority to pass.In the run up to the 2010 UK General Election, the Southport Rules came further media investigation, as the likelihood of a hung parliament rose.Following a featured report on the rules by Michael Crick on "BBC Newsnight" on 12 March 2010, the Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesman Chris Huhne confirmed in interview that the then-leader, Nick Clegg, would be tied by the Southport Rules if there was a hung Parliament after the election.