Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017 — Rules for the Election of Mayors of Combined Authorities — 18 Jan 2017 at 18:56

The majority of MPs voted in favour of proposed rules for the election of mayors of combined authorities.

The motion supported by the majority of MPs, and the majority of MPs for English constituencies, was:

The regulations set the rules for elections for directly-elected mayors of combined authorities including:

  • A £5000 deposit to be forfeited if the candidate obtains less than 5% of the first preference votes.
  • A requirement for a nomination to be supported by one-hundred people, with at least 10 from each constituent council area.
  • An official election booklet to be produced and distributed to electors containing election addresses submitted by candidates.
  • For the elections to be run using a "supplementary vote system" allowing voters to express a first and second choice.

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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.

PartyMajority (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Con288 0087.5%
DUP5 0062.5%
Green1 00100.0%
Independent1 0033.3%
Lab2 201.7%
LDem0 4044.4%
UKIP1 00100.0%
UUP1 0050.0%
Total:299 6052.1%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible MP who could have voted in this division

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
no rebellions

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