Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Voting Areas for AV Referendum — 15 Dec 2010 at 19:56
The majority of members of the House of Lords voted against a proposal to use parliamentary constituencies as voting areas for the referendum on moving to the alternative vote system for electing MPs.
- The House of Lords was considering the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill[1]. The amendment rejected in this vote was:
- Amendment 40B: Clause 7, page 5, line 37, leave out subsection (2) and insert-
- "( ) A Westminister parliamentary constituency, as it exists on the day of the referendum, is a "voting area" for the purposes of this Part."
This is a simplification of the original text of Clause 7(2) stated[2]: Each of the following, as it exists on the day of the referendum, is a “voting area” for the purposes of this Part:
- (a) a district in England for which there is a district council;
- (b) a county in England in which there are no districts with councils;
- (c) a London borough;
- (d) the City of London (including the Inner and Middle Temples);
- (e) the Isles of Scilly;
- (f) a constituency for the National Assembly for Wales;
- (g) a constituency for the Scottish Parliament;
- (h) Northern Ireland.
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