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| Clause 9, page 7, line 28, leave out ‘600’ and insert ‘650’. |
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| additional constituencies in Wales as are required by rule 6A (Wales) above what would |
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| have been the allocation of seats to Wales by the application of rule 8.’. |
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| Clause 9, page 7, line 28, at end insert ‘, plus the number of any additional |
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| constituencies required under rule 8(4A).’. |
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| Clause 9, page 7, line 28, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | The four parts of the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern |
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| | Ireland) shall each constitute a top up area for the top-up ballot, where— |
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| | (a) | England shall have 160 seats, |
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| | (b) | Scotland shall have 18 seats, |
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| | (c) | Wales shall have 12 seats, |
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| | (d) | Northern Ireland shall have 6 seats.’. |
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| Clause 9, page 7, leave out lines 29 to 37. |
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| Clause 9, page 7, line 31, leave out ‘United Kingdom electoral quota’ and insert |
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| ‘electoral quota for the part of the United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland or |
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| Northern Ireland) in which the constituency is located’. |
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| Clause 9, page 7, line 32, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | This rule is subject to an independent assessment of the Boundary Commission |
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| | as to the potential electorate within any area where the Commission, having |
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| | (a) | the Electoral Commission, |
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| | (b) | the Registration Officer of the local authority or authorities in that area, |
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| | (c) | such other organisations and individuals whom the Boundary |
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| | Commission may choose to consult, |
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| | | determine that the difference between the registered electorate and the assessed |
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| | numbers eligible to be registered is so significant as to give rise to concern about |
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| | the number of people to be served within such constituencies as would otherwise |
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| | be created by rule 2(1) above.’. |
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| Clause 9, page 7, line 33, after ‘6(2)’, insert ‘6A’. |
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| Clause 9, page 7, line 33, after ‘6(2)’, insert ‘, 6B(2)’. |
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| Clause 9, page 7, line 33, leave out ‘6(2) and 7’ and insert ‘and 6(2)’. |
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| Clause 9, page 7, line 33, leave out ‘and 7’ and insert ‘, 7 and 8(4B)’. |
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| | ‘(3) | In this rule “electoral quota” means—![equation: over[char[U],char[C]]](missing.gif) |
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| | | where U is the electorate of the part of the United Kingdom in which the |
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| | constituency is located, reduced in the case of Scotland by the electorate of the |
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| | constituencies mentioned in rule 6, and C is the number of constituencies |
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| | allocated to that part under rule 8.’. |
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| where U is the electorate of the United Kingdom minus the electorate of the constituencies |
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| mentioned in rule 6 and T is the overall number of constituencies in the United Kingdom |
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| determined by the Boundary Commissions under rule 1A above.’.
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| Clause 9, page 7, line 35, leave out ‘598’ and insert ‘E – 42’. |
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| Clause 9, page 7, line 35, leave out ‘598’ and insert ‘E – P – 2’. |
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| Clause 9, page 7, line 35, leave out ‘598’ and insert ‘450’. |
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| Clause 9, page 7, line 37, at end insert ‘and rule 6A, and E is the number of |
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| constituencies in the United Kingdom’. |
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| Clause 9, page 7, line 37, at end insert ‘and minus the electorate of Wales, E is the |
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| number of constituencies in the United Kingdom, and P is the number of constituencies |
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| Clause 9, page 8, leave out lines 4 to 6 and insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | In England, each constituency shall be wholly in one of the electoral regions |
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| | specified in Schedule 1 to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002.’. |
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| | ‘(2) | Each part of the United Kingdom shall have the same percentage of |
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| | constituencies or, as the case may be, Members of the House of Commons, as at |
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| | the date of Royal Assent.’. |
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| Clause 9, page 8, line 6, at end insert ‘, subject to the terms of rule 6A’. |
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| Clause 9, page 8, line 11, after ‘kilometres’, insert ‘including the area of sea, where |
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| | ‘1B(1) | Subject to 1C(1) below— |
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| | (a) | The number of parliamentary seats in Wales shall not fall below the |
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| | minimum level specified by the Parliamentary Constituencies Act |
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| | 1986, unless and until primary law making powers are transferred to |
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| | the National Assembly for Wales under the provisions of the |
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| | Government of Wales Act 2006 following a positive vote in a |
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| | (b) | No constituency shall have an electorate more than five per cent above |
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| | or below the electoral quota for that part of the United Kingdom unless |
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| | the Boundary Commission concerned believes there to be overriding |
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| | reasons under the terms of these rules why it should; |
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| | (c) | No constituency shall have an electorate more than 15 per cent above |
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| | or below the Electoral Quota for that part of the United Kingdom; |
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| | (d) | In England no district or borough ward shall be included in more than |
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| | (e) | In Northern Ireland no local authority ward shall be included in more |
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| | (f) | In Wales no unitary authority ward shall be included in more than one |
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| | (g) | In Scotland regard shall be had to local authority ward boundaries; |
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| | (h) | In England the Boundary Commission should where practicable have |
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| | regard to the boundaries of counties and London Boroughs and in any |
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| | case no constituency shall include the whole or part of more than two |
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| | counties or London Boroughs; |
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| | (i) | In Wales the Boundary Commission should where practicable have |
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| | regard to the boundaries of unitary authorities and in any case no |
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| | constituency shall include the whole or part of more than two unitary |
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| | (j) | A Boundary Commission may have regard to the size, shape and |
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| | accessibility of a constituency; |
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| | (k) | A Boundary Commission shall have regard to any local ties that may |
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| | be broken or respected by proposals that they may make and any |
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| | inconveniences attendant upon them.’. |
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| they may think fit’ and insert ‘must take into account’. |
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| | ‘(1A) | A Boundary Commission must ensure that constituencies are wholly within a |
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| | principal local authority area when the following support such a proposition: |
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| | (a) | The principal local authority: |
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| | (b) | All sitting Members of Parliament representing constituencies wholly or |
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| | partially within that area; |
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| | (c) | Two thirds of all civil parish and town councils or parish meetings within |
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| | that area who express an opinion; |
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| | | and where the Commission is satisfied from its own soundings amongst the |
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| | electorate and the business and voluntary sectors that this preference is widely |
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| Clause 9, page 8, line 30, at end insert ‘The Boundary Commission for England |
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| shall take into account counties as listed in Schedule 1 to the 1997 Lieutenancies Act in |
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| so far as is possible in accordance with rule 2 above.’. |
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| | ‘(2A) | The Boundary Commission for England must, so far as reasonably practicable, |
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| | use parishes rather than wards or eletoral divisions as the basis for |
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| | ‘Whole numbers of constituencies |
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| | 1C (1) | The following shall be allocated whole numbers of constituencies by |
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| | whichever Boundary Commission is responsible for them— |
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| | (a) | Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands council areas; |
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| | (b) | Comhairle nan Eilean Siar council area; |
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| | (c) | the Isle of Anglesey county area; |
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| | (d) | the Isle of Wight county area; |
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| | (e) | the County of Cornwall and Isles of Scilly council areas. |
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| | (2) | The number of constituencies to be allocated to each area shall be determined |
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| | by dividing the electorate of the area or areas concerned by the United |
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| | Kingdom Electoral Quota and rounding to the nearest whole number. Each |
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| | area must be allocated at least one whole constituency.’. |
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| | ‘(c) | a constituency named Ynys Môn, comprising the area of the Cyngor Sir |
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| | Ynys Môn Isle of Anglesey County Council.’. |
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| | 6A (1) | All parts of the Isle of Wight must be included in a constituency which is |
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| | wholly in the Isle of Wight. |
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| | (2) | Rule 2 does not apply to any such constituency.’. |
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| Clause 9, page 8, line 39, at end insert— |
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| | ‘Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly |
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| | 6A (1) | All parts of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly must be included in a constituency |
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| | which is wholly in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. |
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| | (2) | Rule 2 does not apply in relation to any such constituency. |
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| | (3) | The electorate of any constituency in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly shall be: |
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| | (a) | no less than 95% of the Cornwall and Scilly electoral quota; and |
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| | (b) | no more than 105% of that quota. |
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| | (4) | The “ Cornwall and Scilly electoral quota” means C/E where C is the electorate |
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| | of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly and E is the number of parliamentary |
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| | constituencies which the Commission has determined should be allocated to |
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| | Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.’. |
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| | 6A (1) | There shall continue to be 40 constituencies in Wales. |
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| | (2) | Rule 2 does not apply in relation to Wales. |
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| | (3) | The electorate of any constituency in Wales shall be— |
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| | (a) | no less than 95 per cent. of the Wales electoral quota, |
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| | (b) | no more than 105% of that quota. |
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| | (4) | The “Wales electoral quota” means W/40 |
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| | (a) | where W is the electorate of Wales.’. |
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