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Amendments proposed to the Greater London Authority Bill - continued	House of Commons

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Mrs Gillian Shephard
Mr Richard Ottaway

Clause 4, page 4, leave out lines 3 to 18.

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Paul Burstow
Mr Tom Brake
Mr Edward Davey
Dr Vincent Cable
Dr Jenny Tonge

Clause 4, page 4, line 4, after first 'a', insert 'candidate who is a member of a'.

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Paul Burstow
Mr Tom Brake
Mr Edward Davey
Dr Vincent Cable
Dr Jenny Tonge

Clause 4, page 4, line 5, at end insert—

'(b) a candidate on the list which has been submitted by a registered political party; or'.

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Paul Burstow
Mr Tom Brake
Mr Edward Davey
Dr Vincent Cable
Dr Jenny Tonge

Clause 4, page 4, leave out lines 9 to 13 and insert—

'(7) The person who is to be returned as Mayor shall be determined before it is determined who are to be returned as the Assembly members.'.

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Paul Burstow
Mr Tom Brake
Mr Edward Davey
Dr Vincent Cable
Dr Jenny Tonge

Clause 4, page 4, leave out lines 14 to 18.

Mrs Gillian Shephard
Mr Richard Ottaway

Clause 4, page 4, leave out lines 24 and 25.

Mrs Gillian Shephard
Mr Richard Ottaway

Clause 4, page 4, line 24, leave out from first 'party', to end of line 25 and insert 'and "registered leader" have the same meanings as in the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998.'

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Paul Burstow
Mr Tom Brake
Mr Edward Davey
Dr Vincent Cable
Dr Jenny Tonge

Schedule 1, page 139, line 43, leave out from 'If' to second 'the' and insert 'Within 12 months of each ordinary election'.

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Paul Burstow
Mr Tom Brake
Mr Edward Davey
Dr Vincent Cable
Dr Jenny Tonge

Schedule 1, page 141, leave out line 25.

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Paul Burstow
Mr Tom Brake
Mr Edward Davey
Dr Vincent Cable
Dr Jenny Tonge

Schedule 1, page 141, line 25, leave out 'fourteen' and insert 'twenty three'.

Mrs Gillian Shephard
Mr Richard Ottaway

Schedule 1, page 141, line 25, leave out 'fourteen' and insert 'thirty-three'.

Mrs Gillian Shephard
Mr Richard Ottaway

Schedule 1, page 141, leave out lines 26 to 34 and insert—

'2. Each London borough shall be an assembly constituency'.

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Paul Burstow
Mr Tom Brake
Mr Edward Davey
Dr Vincent Cable
Dr Jenny Tonge

Schedule 1, page 141, leave out lines 26 and 27.

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Paul Burstow
Mr Tom Brake
Mr Edward Davey
Dr Vincent Cable
Dr Jenny Tonge

Schedule 1, page 141, leave out lines 31 and 32.

Mrs Gillian Shephard
Mr Richard Ottaway

Schedule 1, page 141, line 34, at end insert—

'6. If the population of any London borough either increases or decreases to such an extent that, in the opinion of the Local Government Commission, the strict interpretation of the rules would produce an unacceptably sized constituency, the Commission may vary the rules as it sees fit.'.

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Paul Burstow
Mr Tom Brake
Mr Edward Davey
Dr Vincent Cable
Dr Jenny Tonge

Schedule 2, page 143, leave out lines 5 to 17 and insert—

'(2) The candidate with the fewest number of first preference votes is eliminated, and the second preference votes given for that candiadate shall be ascertained.

(3) The second preference votes under subsection (2) above shall be transferred to the other candidates, being added to the first preference votes cast for the other candidates.

(4) If, following the recalculation under subsection (3) above, none of the candidates receives more than half of the votes, the remaining candidate with the fewest number of votes is eliminated and the procedure in subsections (2) and (3) above is carried out.

(5) The process continues until one candidate has received more than half of all the votes, and that person shall be returned as Mayor.'.

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Paul Burstow
Mr Tom Brake
Mr Edward Davey
Dr Vincent Cable
Dr Jenny Tonge

Schedule 2, page 143, line 20, leave out from 'the' to 'which' and insert 'Assembly shall decide'.

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Paul Burstow
Mr Tom Brake
Mr Edward Davey
Dr Vincent Cable
Dr Jenny Tonge

Schedule 2, page 143, line 21, at end insert—

'PART IAA

RETURN OF CONSTITUENCY MEMBERS FOLLOWING A VACANCY

Application

1. This Part of this Schedule applies where there are three or more candidates in an Assembly constituency.

Candidate with overall majority of first preference votes

2. If one of the candidates to be a constituency member receives more than half of all the first preference votes given in the Assembly constituency that candidate shall be returned as the constituency member for that Assembly constituency.

No candidate with overall majority of first preference votes

3.—(1) If none of the candidates to be the constituency member receives more than half of all the first preference votes given in the Assembly constituency, the following provisions of this paragraph shall have effect.

(2) The candidate with the fewest number of first preference votes is eliminated, and the second preference votes given for that candidate shall be ascertained.

(3) The second preference votes under subsection (2) above shall be transferred to the other candidates, being added to the first preference votes cast for the other candidates.

(4) If, following the recalculation under subsection (3) above, none of the candidates receives more than half of the votes, the remaining candidate with the fewest number of votes is eliminated and the process in subsections (2) and (3) above is carried out.

(5) The process continues until one candidate has received more than half of all the votes, and that person shall be returned as the constituancy member for that Assembly constituency.

(6) If, by reason of an equality of total number of preference votes, two or more candidates remaining in the contest each have the greatest total number of preference votes, the constituency returning officer shall decide by lots which of them is to be returned as the constituency member for that Assembly constituency.'.

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Paul Burstow
Mr Tom Brake
Mr Edward Davey
Dr Vincent Cable
Dr Jenny Tonge

Schedule 2, page 43, line 21, at end insert—

'PART IAAA

RETURN OF CONSTITUENCY MEMBERS

Each vote shall have 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'.

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Paul Burstow
Mr Tom Brake
Mr Edward Davey
Dr Vincent Cable
Dr Jenny Tonge

Schedule 2, page 143, line 21, at end insert—

'PART IA

RETURN OF CONSTITUENCY MEMBERS

Application

1. This Part of this Schedule applies where there are three or more candidates in an Assembly constituency.

Candidate with overall majority of first preference votes

No candidate with overall majority of first preference votes

(2) The candidate with the fewest number of first preference votes is eliminated, and the second preference votes given for that candidate shall be ascertained.

(3) The second preference votes under subsection (2) above shall be transferred to the other candidates, being added to the first preference votes cast for the other candidates.

(4) If, following the recalculation under subsection (3) above, none of the candidates receives more than half of the votes, the remaining candidate with the fewest number of votes is eliminated and the proceed in subsections (2) and (3) above is carried out.

(5) The process continues until one candidate has received more than half of all the votes, and that person shall be returned as the constancy member for that Assembly constituency.