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'representing the multi-member constituencies determined by the Local Government Commission under subsection (4) below.'.
The Second Deputy Chairman: With this, it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments: No. 22, in page 2, line 7, after 'be', insert 'more than'.
No. 74, in page 2, line 15, after 'Mayor', insert 'and'.
No. 75, in page 2, line 16, leave out 'and the London members'.
No. 76, in page 2, line 18, leave out 'or the London members'.
No. 79, in page 2, leave out line 21.
No. 25, in page 2, line 21, leave out from 'of' to second 'the' in line 22.
No. 34, in clause 4, page 3, line 35, leave out from 'constituency' to end of line 37.
No. 39, in page 4, leave out line 2 and insert
No. 38, in page 4, line 2, at end insert
No. 10, in page 4, leave out lines 3 to 18.
No. 40, in page 4, line 4, after first 'a', insert
No. 41, in page 4, line 5, at end insert--
No. 42, in page 4, leave out lines 9 to 13 and insert--
No. 43, in page 4, leave out lines 14 to 18.
No. 11, in page 4, leave out lines 24 and 25.
No. 44, in schedule 1, page 141, leave out line 25.
No. 29, in page 141, leave out lines 26 and 27.
No. 30, in page 141, leave out lines 31 and 32.
No. 46, in schedule 2, page 143, line 21, at end insert--'PART IAA--
No. 47, in page 43, line 21, at end insert--'PART IAAA--
No. 52, in page 143, line 21, at end insert--'PART IA--
No. 49, in page 143, leave out from beginning of line 22 to end of line 25 on page 145.
No. 53, in page 144, line 5, after 'constituencies', insert
No. 54, in page 145, line 3, leave out from 'filled' to end of line 4 and insert--
Mr. Hughes:
My hon. Friend the Member for Portsmouth, South (Mr. Hancock) said that the list of
'by single transferable vote as set out in Part IAAA to Schedule 2 of this Act'.
'unless there are three or more candidates.
(4A) If there are three or more candidates in an Assembly constituency--
(a) the constituency member shall be returned under the alternative vote system in accordance with Part IA of Schedule 2 to this Act;
(b) a voter's constituency vote shall accordingly be an alternative vote, that is to say, a vote capable of being given to indicate the voter's preferences from among the candidates.'.
'candidate who is a member of a'.
'(b) a candidate on the list which has been submitted by a registered political party; or'.
'(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.'.
1. This Part of this Schedule applies where there are three or more candidates in an Assembly constituency.
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.
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 constituency 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.'.
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'.
1. This Part of this Schedule applies where there are three or more candidates in an Assembly constituency.
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.
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 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.
(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.'.
'with votes for candidates listed as members of a registered party counting towards the total vote of that party'.
'as follows:
(a) A quota shall be determined which is equal to the total number of votes polled for all the parties divided by the number of seats to be allocated plus one.
(b) Votes cast for the candidate at the top of the party list shall be compared with the number of votes cast for the registered party to which that candidate belongs.
(c) Where the candidate has fewer votes than the quota, the votes for that candidate will then be topped up to reach the quota using votes from the party vote, reducing the number of votes won by the party accordingly.
(d) This process continues for each candidate on the list until the party votes have been exhausted, except where there are insufficient votes in the party vote to top up a candidate, in which case those votes are allocated to the next person on the list with sufficient votes, who moves one place up the list.'.
No. 55, in page 145, line 3, leave out from 'filled' to end of line 4 and insert
'in the order of votes cast for the candidates of that party, with the candidate receiving the highest number of votes being elected first.'.
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