Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Allowing Greater Variation from Mean Number of Electors in MP Constituency in Exceptional Circumstances — 9 Feb 2011 at 16:51

The majority of members of the House of Lords voted to allow geographical considerations or local ties to justify greater variation from the mean number of electors in a parliamentary constituency.

The House of Lords was considering the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill[1]. The amendment accepted in this vote was:

  • Amendment 22D: Clause 11, page 10, line 37, at end insert-
  • "Exceptional circumstances
  • 5A If, but only if, a Boundary Commission is satisfied that-
  • (a) it is necessary to do so in order to achieve a viable constituency, and
  • (b) such necessity arises from special geographical considerations or local ties, as defined in rule 5(1)(a) or (d) above, of an exceptionally compelling nature, the Boundary Commission may decide that the electorate of the constituency shall be-
  • (c) no less than 92.5% of the United Kingdom electoral quota; and
  • (d) no more than 107.5% of that quota."

This was added to the clause 11 of the Bill[2].

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The Bishop of ChesterBishopaye
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The Bishop of NewcastleBishopaye
The Bishop of ExeterBishop (front bench)no
The Bishop of LiverpoolBishop (front bench)no
Lord Ahmad of WimbledonConno
Baroness Anelay of St JohnsCon (front bench)tellno
Lord Ashcroft Conno
Lord Astor of HeverCon (front bench)no
Earl Attlee Con (front bench)no
Lord Baker of DorkingCon (front bench)no
Lord Bates Con (front bench)no
Baroness Berridge Conno
Lord Black of BrentwoodCon (front bench)no
Lord Boswell of AynhoConno
Baroness Bottomley of NettlestoneConno
Lord Bowness Con (front bench)no
Viscount Bridgeman Con (front bench)no
Lord Brittan of SpennithorneConno
Lord Brooke of Sutton MandevilleCon (front bench)no
Lord Brougham and Vaux Con (front bench)no
Baroness Browning Conno
Baroness Buscombe Conno
The Earl of CaithnessConno
Lord Campbell of AllowayCon (front bench)no
Earl Cathcart Conno
Lord Chadlington Conno
Baroness Chalker of WallaseyConno
Lord Colwyn Con (front bench)no
Lord Cope of BerkeleyCon (front bench)no
Lord Cormack Conno
The Earl of CourtownConno
Lord Crathorne Con (front bench)no
Baroness Cumberlege Conno
Lord de Mauley Con (front bench)no
Lord Denham Conno
Lord Dixon-Smith Con (front bench)no
Lord Dobbs Conno
The Earl of DundeeCon (front bench)no
Baroness Eaton Conno
Viscount Eccles Conno
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Lord Edmiston Conno
Lord Elton Con (front bench)no
Lord Faulks Conno
Lord Feldman Con (front bench)no
Lord Feldman of ElstreeCon (front bench)no
Earl Ferrers Conno
Lord Fink Conno
Lord Flight Conno
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Lord Forsyth of DrumleanCon (front bench)no
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Lord Gardiner of KimbleCon (front bench)no
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Lord Garel-Jones Conno
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Lord Glenarthur Con (front bench)no
Lord Glentoran Conno
Lord Gold Conno
Lord Goodlad Con (front bench)no
Viscount Goschen Conno
Lord Grade of YarmouthConno
Lord Green of HurstpierpointCon (front bench)no
Lord Griffiths of FforestfachConno
Lord Hamilton of EpsomConno
Baroness Hanham Con (front bench)no
Lord Henley Con (front bench)no
Baroness Heyhoe Flint Conno
Lord Higgins Conno
Lord Hill of OarefordCon (front bench)no
Lord Hodgson of Astley AbbottsConno
Baroness Hooper Con (front bench)no
Lord Howard of RisingConno
Earl Howe Con (front bench)no
Lord Howe of AberavonCon (front bench)no
Lord Howell of GuildfordCon (front bench)no
Lord Hunt of WirralCon (front bench)no
Lord Hurd of WestwellConno
Lord Inglewood Con (front bench)no
Lord James of BlackheathConno
Baroness Jenkin of KenningtonConno
Lord Jenkin of RodingCon (front bench)no
Lord Kimball Conno
Lord King of BridgwaterConno
Baroness Knight of CollingtreeConno
Lord Lamont of LerwickConno
Lord Lang of MonktonConno
Lord Lawson of BlabyCon (front bench)no
Lord Leach of FairfordConno
Lord Lexden Conno
The Earl of LindsayConno
Lord Lingfield Conno
The Earl of LiverpoolConno
The Marquess of LothianCon (front bench)no
Lord Lucas Con (front bench)no
Lord Luke Con (front bench)no
Lord Lyell Conno
Lord MacGregor of Pulham MarketCon (front bench)no
Lord Magan of CastletownConno
Lord Mancroft Con (front bench)no
Lord Maples Conno
Lord Marland Con (front bench)no
Lord Marlesford Conno
Lord Mawhinney Conno
Lord Mayhew of TwysdenCon (front bench)no
Lord McColl of DulwichCon (front bench)no
Lord Montagu of BeaulieuConno
The Duke of MontroseConno
Baroness Morris of BoltonCon (front bench)no
Lord Moynihan Conno
Lord Naseby Con (front bench)no
Baroness Neville-Jones Con (front bench)no
Baroness Newlove Conno
Lord Newton of BraintreeConno
Baroness Noakes Con (front bench)no
Lord Northbrook Conno
Lord Norton of LouthCon (front bench)no
Baroness O'Cathain Con (front bench)no
Lord Palumbo Conno
Lord Patten Conno
Baroness Perry of SouthwarkCon (front bench)no
Lord Pilkington of OxenfordConno
Lord Popat Conno
Baroness Rawlings Con (front bench)no
Lord Reay Conno
Lord Renton of Mount HarryCon (front bench)no
Lord Ribeiro Conno
Lord Risby Conno
Baroness Ritchie of BromptonCon (front bench)no
Lord Roberts of ConwyConno
Lord Rotherwick Conno
Lord Ryder of WensumConno
Lord Sanderson of BowdenConno
Lord Sassoon Con (front bench)no
Baroness Seccombe Conno
The Earl of SelborneCon (front bench)no
Lord Selkirk of DouglasConno
Lord Selsdon Con (front bench)no
Baroness Shackleton of BelgraviaConno
Baroness Sharples Conno
Lord Shaw of NorthsteadCon (front bench)no
Lord Sheikh Conno
Baroness Shephard of NorthwoldCon (front bench)no
The Earl of ShrewsburyCon (front bench)no
Lord Skelmersdale Con (front bench)no
Lord Soulsby of Swaffham PriorConno
Lord Spicer Conno
Lord St John of FawsleyConno
Baroness Stedman-Scott Con (front bench)no
Lord Stewartby Conno
Baroness Stowell of BeestonConno
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Lord Swinfen Con (front bench)no
Lord Taylor of HolbeachCon (front bench)no
Lord Trefgarne Conno
Viscount Trenchard Conno
Lord Trimble Con (front bench)no
Lord True Conno
Baroness Trumpington Conno
Lord Tugendhat Con (front bench)no
Baroness Verma Con (front bench)no
Lord Wade of ChorltonCon (front bench)no
Baroness Warsi Con (front bench)no
Lord Wasserman Conno
Lord Wei Conno
Baroness Wheatcroft Conno
Baroness Wilcox Con (front bench)no
Lord Wolfson of SunningdaleConno
Viscount Younger of LeckieConno
Lord Aberdare Crossbenchaye
Lord Adebowale Crossbenchaye
Viscount Allenby of MegiddoCrossbenchaye
Lord Armstrong of IlminsterCrossbenchaye
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Lord Birt Crossbenchaye
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Lord Dear Crossbench (front bench)aye
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Lord Fellowes Crossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Finlay of LlandaffCrossbenchaye
Lord Greenway Crossbenchaye
Baroness Grey-Thompson Crossbenchaye
Lord Hameed Crossbenchaye
Lord Hannay of ChiswickCrossbench (front bench)aye
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Lord Hennessy of NympsfieldCrossbenchaye
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Baroness Howe of IdlicoteCrossbenchaye
Lord Hylton Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Janvrin Crossbenchaye
Lord Joffe Crossbenchaye
Lord Kakkar Crossbenchaye
Lord Kerr of KinlochardCrossbenchaye
Lord Kilclooney Crossbenchaye
Lord Laming Crossbench (front bench)aye
The Earl of ListowelCrossbenchaye
Lord Low of DalstonCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Luce Crossbenchaye
The Countess of MarCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Martin of SpringburnCrossbenchaye
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Baroness Meacher Crossbenchaye
Lord Moser Crossbenchaye
Baroness Murphy Crossbenchaye
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Baroness O'Neill of BengarveCrossbench (front bench)aye
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Lord Palmer Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Pannick Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Patel Crossbench (front bench)tellaye
Lord Patel of BradfordCrossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Prashar Crossbenchaye
Lord Quirk Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Ramsbotham Crossbenchaye
Lord Rees of LudlowCrossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Richardson of CalowCrossbenchaye
Lord Robertson of Port EllenCrossbenchaye
Lord Rowe-Beddoe Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lady Saltoun of AbernethyCrossbenchaye
The Earl of SandwichCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Scott of FoscoteCrossbench (front bench)aye
Viscount Slim Crossbenchaye
Lord Smith of KelvinCrossbenchaye
The Earl of StairCrossbenchaye
Baroness Stern Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Stevens of KirkwhelpingtonCrossbenchaye
Lord Stevenson of CoddenhamCrossbench (front bench)aye
Viscount Tenby Crossbenchaye
Lord Turnbull Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Walpole Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Walton of DetchantCrossbenchaye
Baroness Warnock Crossbenchaye
Lord Williamson of HortonCrossbenchaye
Lord Wilson of TillyornCrossbenchaye
Lord Woolf Crossbenchaye
Baroness Young of HornseyCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Alton of LiverpoolCrossbenchno
Lord Bramall Crossbenchno
Lord Condon Crossbenchno
Lord Dannatt Crossbenchno
Lord Guthrie of CraigiebankCrossbenchno
Lord Lloyd of BerwickCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Marshall of KnightsbridgeCrossbenchno
Lord Neill of BladenCrossbenchno
Lord Stirrup Crossbenchno
Viscount Waverley Crossbenchno
Lord Stoddart of SwindonIndependent Labouraye
Baroness Adams of CraigieleaLabaye
Lord Ahmed Labaye
Lord Anderson of SwanseaLabaye
Baroness Andrews Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Armstrong of Hill TopLabaye
Lord Bach Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Bakewell Labaye
Lord Barnett Labaye
Lord Bassam of BrightonLab (minister)tellaye
Lord Beecham Lab (minister)aye
Lord Berkeley Labaye
Lord Bhattacharyya Labaye
Baroness Billingham Lab (minister)aye
Lord Bilston Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Blood Labaye
Lord Boateng Labaye
Lord Borrie Labaye
Lord Boyd of DuncansbyLabaye
Lord Bragg Lab (minister)aye
Lord Brennan Labaye
Lord Brett Lab (minister)aye
Lord Brooke of AlverthorpeLabaye
Lord Brookman Labaye
Lord Brooks of TremorfaLabaye
Lord Browne of LadytonLabaye
Lord Campbell-Savours Lab (minister)aye
Lord Carter of ColesLab (minister)aye
Viscount Chandos Labaye
Lord Christopher Lab (minister)aye
Lord Clarke of HampsteadLabaye
Lord Clark of WindermereLabaye
Lord Clinton-Davis Lab (minister)aye
Lord Collins of HighburyLabaye
Lord Corbett of Castle ValeLabaye
Baroness Corston Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Crawley Lab (minister)aye
Lord Cunningham of FellingLab (minister)aye
Lord Davies of AbersochLabaye
Lord Davies of CoityLab (minister)aye
Lord Davies of OldhamLab (minister)aye
Lord Davies of StamfordLabaye
Lord Desai Labaye
Lord Dixon Labaye
Baroness Donaghy Labaye
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Baroness Drake Labaye
Lord Drayson Labaye
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Lord Eatwell Lab (minister)aye
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Lord Evans of ParksideLabaye
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Lord Evans of WatfordLabaye
Lord Falconer of ThorotonLab (minister)aye
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Baroness Farrington of RibbletonLabaye
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Lord Foster of Bishop AucklandLabaye
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Lord Graham of EdmontonLab (minister)aye
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Lord Harris of HaringeyLab (minister)aye
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Lord Hart of ChiltonLab (minister)aye
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Lord Howarth of NewportLabaye
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Lord Hughes of WoodsideLabaye
Lord Hunt of Kings HeathLab (minister)aye
Lord Irvine of LairgLab (minister)aye
Lord Janner of BraunstoneLab (minister)aye
Baroness Jay of PaddingtonLab (minister)aye
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Lord Kennedy of SouthwarkLab (minister)aye
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Lord King of West BromwichLabaye
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Baroness Kinnock of HolyheadLab (minister)aye
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Lord Knight of WeymouthLab (minister)aye
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Lord Lea of CrondallLabaye
Lord Levy Labaye
Baroness Liddell of CoatdykeLabaye
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Lord Lipsey Lab (minister)aye
Lord Lofthouse of PontefractLabaye
Lord Macaulay of BragarLabaye
Lord Macdonald of TradestonLab (minister)aye
Lord MacKenzie of CulkeinLabaye
Lord Mackenzie of FramwellgateLabaye
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Lord Patel of BlackburnLabaye
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Lord Plant of HighfieldLab (minister)aye
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Lord West of SpitheadLabaye
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Lord Wood of AnfieldLabaye
Lord Woolmer of LeedsLabaye
Lord Young of Norwood GreenLab (minister)aye
Viscount Falkland LDemaye
Lord Addington LDemno
Lord Alderdice LDem (front bench)no
Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-HamdonLDemno
Lord Avebury LDemno
Baroness Barker LDemno
Baroness Benjamin LDemno
Baroness Bonham-Carter of YarnburyLDemno
Lord Bradshaw LDemno
Lord Burnett LDemno
Lord Carlile of BerriewLDem (front bench)no
Lord Chidgey LDemno
Lord Clement-Jones LDem (front bench)no
Lord Cotter LDemno
Lord Dholakia LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Doocey LDemno
Lord Dykes LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Falkner of MargravineLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Garden of FrognalLDem (front bench)no
Lord German LDemno
The Earl of GlasgowLDemno
Lord Goodhart LDemno
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Baroness Harris of RichmondLDem (front bench)no
Lord Hussain LDemno
Baroness Hussein-Ece LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Jolly LDemno
Lord Jones of CheltenhamLDemno
Lord Kirkwood of KirkhopeLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Kramer LDemno
Lord Lee of TraffordLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Linklater of ButterstoneLDemno
Lord Loomba LDemno
Lord Macdonald of River GlavenLDemno
Baroness Maddock LDem (front bench)no
The Earl of Mar and KellieLDem (front bench)no
Lord Marks of Henley-on-ThamesLDemno
Lord McNally LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne DomerLDemno
Baroness Neuberger LDem (front bench)no
Lord Newby LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Nicholson of WinterbourneLDemno
Baroness Northover LDem (front bench)no
Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove BayLDemno
Lord Palmer of Childs HillLDemno
Baroness Parminter LDemno
Lord Phillips of SudburyLDemno
Lord Razzall LDem (front bench)no
Lord Redesdale LDemno
Lord Rennard LDem (front bench)no
Lord Roberts of LlandudnoLDem (front bench)no
Lord Rodgers of Quarry BankLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Scott of Needham MarketLDemno
Lord Sharkey LDemno
Baroness Sharp of GuildfordLDemno
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Lord Shutt of GreetlandLDem (front bench)tellno
Lord Smith of CliftonLDem (front bench)no
Lord Steel of AikwoodLDemno
Lord Stoneham of DroxfordLDemno
Lord Storey LDemno
Lord Strasburger LDemno
Lord Taverne LDemno
Lord Teverson LDem (front bench)no
Lord Thomas of GresfordLDemno
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Baroness Thomas of WinchesterLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Tonge LDem (front bench)no
Lord Tordoff LDemno
Lord Tyler LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Tyler of EnfieldLDemno
Lord Vallance of TummelLDemno
Lord Wallace of SaltaireLDem (front bench)no
Lord Wallace of TankernessLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Walmsley LDemno
Lord Watson of RichmondLDemno
Baroness Williams of CrosbyLDemno
Lord Willis of KnaresboroughLDem (front bench)no
Lord Wigley PCaye
Lord Laird UUPaye
Lord Rogan UUPaye
Lord Maginnis of DrumglassUUPno

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