Government of Wales Bill — Membership — 20 Jan 1998
Clause 1 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment No. 93, in page 1, line 15, after 'of', insert
'members for each Assembly constituency'.
No. 113, in page 70, leave out lines 16 to 22.
No. 114, in page 70, line 24, leave out from 'where' to second 'the'.
No. 115, in page 70, line 26, leave out 'electoral region' and insert 'constituency'.
No. 116, in page 70, line 27, leave out 'electoral region' and insert 'constituency'.
No. 117, in page 70, line 31, leave out 'electoral region' and insert 'constituency'.
No. 118, in page 70, line 33, leave out from 'constituency' to 'and' in line 34.
No. 119, in page 70, leave out from beginning of line 44 to end of line 2 on page 71.
No. 120, in page 71, leave out lines 3 to 7.
No. 121, in page 71, line 10, leave out 'electoral region or regions' and insert 'constituency or constituencies'.
No. 122, in page 71, line 13, leave out 'electoral regions' and insert 'constituencies'.
No. 123, in page 71, line 18, leave out 'electoral regions' and insert 'constituencies'.
No. 124, in page 71, line 19, leave out 'electoral regions' and insert 'constituencies'.
No. 125, in page 71, line 44, leave out 'electoral regions' and insert 'constituencies'.
No. 126, in page 71, line 45, leave out 'electoral regions' and insert 'constituencies'.
No. 127, in page 72, line 1, leave out 'electoral regions' and insert 'constituencies'.
No. 128, in page 72, line 3, leave out 'electoral regions' and insert 'constituencies'.
No. 130, in page 72, leave out lines 7 to 43.
No. 191, in page 72, leave out lines 10 to 14.
No. 129, in page 73, line 6, leave out 'electoral region' and insert 'constituency'.
No. 131, in page 73, line 8, leave out from 'within' to end of line 9 and insert 'the Assembly constituency'.
No. 49, in clause 4, page 2, line 38, leave out from 'have' to end of line 15 on page 3 and insert--
'a single transferable vote, that is to say a vote--
(a) capable of being given so as to indicate the voter's order of preference for the candidates for election as members for the constituency, and
(b) capable of being transferred to the next choice--
(i) when the vote is not required to give a prior choice the necessary quota of votes, or
(ii) when, owing to the deficiency in the number of votes given for a prior choice, that choice is eliminated from the list of candidates.'.
No. 11, in page 2, line 38, leave out 'two votes' and insert 'one vote'.
No. 12, in page 2, line 39, leave out from beginning to end of line 2 on page 3.
No. 58, in page 3, line 4, leave out 'the simple majority system' and insert
'a preferential voting system whereby the voter indicates his or her preference for the candidates by marking the ballot paper1, 2, 3, etc., with the votes of the last candidate being transferred on the basis of second preferences until one candidate has 50 per cent.+ 1 of the votes cast.'.
No. 13, in page 3, leave out lines 5 to 15.
No. 102, in clause 8, page 5, line 18, leave out from 'only' to end of line 20 and insert
'one vote; and the member shall be returned under the system in section 4 above'.
No. 32A, in clause 10, page 6, leave out lines 28 to 30.
No. 106, in clause 14, page 9, line 1, leave out from 'member' to 'is' in line 3.
No. 107, in page 9, line 3, leave out from 'member' to first 'his' in line 5.
No. 108, in page 9, line 7, leave out from first 'member' to second 'he' in line 8.
No. 109, in page 9, line 13, leave out from 'member' to end of line 15.
Question put , That the amendment be made:--
The Committee divided: Ayes 43, Noes 335.
Party Summary
Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.
What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.
What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.
What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.
| Party | Majority (No) | Minority (Aye) | Both | Turnout |
| Con | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Independent Conservative | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 330 (+2 tell) | 0 | 0 | 79.6% |
| LDem | 0 | 38 (+2 tell) | 0 | 87.0% |
| PC | 0 | 4 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SNP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
| UUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30.0% |
| Total: | 335 | 43 | 0 | 59.1% |
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