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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘No further referendum may be held in relation to the voting system for |
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| | | parliamentary elections until the end of the period of seven years starting with the |
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| | | day on which the referendum required by section 1 was held.’. |
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| | | The single transferable vote system: amendments |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | Within one month of the coming into force of this section, the Minister must lay |
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| | | before Parliament a draft of an order amending the parliamentary elections rules |
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| | | as set out in Schedule 1 to the 1983 Act so as to provide for a system of a single |
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| | | transferable vote in multi-member constituencies. |
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| | | (2) | An order under subsection (1) above may make any amendments to primary or |
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| | | secondary legislation necessary to give effect to the use of the single transferable |
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| | | vote in the United Kingdom parliamentary elections. |
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| | | (3) | An order under subsection (1) may not be made unless a draft of the order has |
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| | | been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.’. |
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| | | The additional member system: amendments |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | Within one month of the coming into force of this section, the Minister must lay |
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| | | before Parliament a draft of an order amending the parliamentary elections rules |
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| | | as set out in Schedule 1 to the 1983 Act so as to provide for an additional member |
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| | | (2) | An order under subsection (1) above may make any amendments to primary or |
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| | | secondary legislation necessary to give effect to the use of the additional member |
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| | | system in United Kingdom parliamentary elections. |
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| | | (3) | An order under subsection (1) may not be made unless a draft of the order has |
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| | | been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.’. |
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| | | Counting of votes on second question of referendum |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | A voter votes by marking the ballot paper with— |
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| | | (a) | the number 1 opposite the name of the option that is the voter’s first |
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| | | preference (or, as the case may be, the only option for whom the voter |
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| | | (b) | if the voter wishes, the number 2 opposite the name of the option that is |
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| | | the voter’s second preference, and so on. |
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| | | (2) | The voter may mark as many preferences (up to the number of options) as the |
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| | | (3) | Votes shall be allocated to options in accordance with voters’ first preferences |
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| | | and, if one option has more votes than the other options put together, that option |
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| | | (4) | If not, the options with the fewest votes is eliminated and that option’s votes shall |
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| | | be dealt with as follows— |
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| | | (a) | each vote cast by a voter who also ranked one or more of the remaining |
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| | | options shall be reallocated to that remaining option or (as the case may |
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| | | be) to the one that the voter ranked highest; |
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| | | (b) | any votes not reallocated shall play no further part in the counting. |
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| | | (5) | If after that stage of counting one option has more votes than the other remaining |
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| | | options put together, that option is selected. |
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| | | (6) | If not, the process mentioned in subsection (4) above shall be repeated as many |
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| | | times as necessary until one option has more votes than the other remaining |
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| | | options put together, and so is selected. |
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| | | (7) | If no option is selected at the first stage of counting, the returning officer shall, |
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| | | immediately after that stage, record and make publicly available the following |
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| | | (a) | the number of first-preference votes obtained by each option; |
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| | | (b) | which option was eliminated; |
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| | | (c) | the number of rejected ballot papers. |
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| | | (8) | Immediately after each subsequent stage of counting, except the final stage, the |
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| | | returning officer shall record and make publicly available the following |
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| | | (a) | the number of votes obtained by each option at that stage; |
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| | | (b) | which option was eliminated at that stage; |
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| | | (c) | the number of votes for the option eliminated at the previous stage that |
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| | | ‘(1) | The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 is amended as follows. |
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| | | (2) | In section 2(1), replace “ninety-five” with “eighty-eight”.’. |
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| | | Variation in limit of number of holders of Ministerial offices |
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| | | ‘(1) | The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 is amended as follows. |
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| | | (2) | For section 2(1) substitute— |
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| | | “(1) | The number of holders of offices specified in Schedule 2 to this Act (in |
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| | | this section referred to as Ministerial offices) entitled to sit and vote in |
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| | | the House of Commons at any one time, whether paid or unpaid, must not |
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| | | exceed 95 if the number of constituencies in the United Kingdom is |
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| | | (3) | After section 2(1) insert— |
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| | | “(1A) | If the number of constituencies in the United Kingdom decreases below |
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| | | 650, the limit on the number of holders of Ministerial offices entitled to |
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| | | sit and vote in the House of Commons referred to in section 2(1) must be |
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| | | decreased by at least a proportionate amount.”. |
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| | | (4) | In subsection (2), after “subsection (1)”, insert “or subsection (1A)”.’. |
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| | | Proportional representation in Parliament |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | Members of the House of Commons shall have weighted representation in the |
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| | | House of Commons in respect of each parliamentary vote which a Minister has |
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| | | announced in the House of Commons shall be a whipped vote. |
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| | | (2) | The weighted vote of each Member shall be determined by the number of votes |
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| | | cast for the party they stood for at the time of the last general election divided by |
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| | | the number of parliamentary seats gained by that party in accordance with the |
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| | | equation below:![equation: over[char[V],char[S]]](missing.gif)
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| | | where V is the total number of first preference votes (under the alternative vote |
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| | | system) or votes (under the first past the post system) and S is the number of |
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| | | parliamentary seats secured by the party at the general election. |
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| | | (3) | For the purposes of this clause a political party is as defined in the Political |
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| | | Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000. |
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| | | (4) | Any Member of Parliament elected to the House of Commons at times other than |
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| | | a general election will be assumed to have an unweighted single vote. |
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| | | (5) | An unweighted single vote shall be defined by the following equation |
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| | | where TV is the total number of votes cast in the general election and TS is the |
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| | | total number of parliamentary seats represented in the House of Commons |
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| | | following the general election. |
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| | | (6) | On those occasions when the Governement determine that the matter which may |
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| | | divide the House of Commons is not a whipped vote, the weighting of votes shall |
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| | | (7) | If any Member of Parliament decides no longer to take the whip of the political |
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| | | party for which they are elected at the preceding election their vote shall be |
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| | | whichever is the less of— |
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| | | (a) | the weighting of the party whip they adopt; and |
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| | | (b) | an unweighted single vote.’. |
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| | | Mandatory voting at general elections: amendments |
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| | | ‘(1) | All persons on the electoral register in the case of United Kingdom parliamentary |
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| | | general elections must, unless they have a reasonable excuse, either— |
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| | | (a) | attend the polling station at which they are to vote on election day during |
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| | | the hours when the poll is open and receive a ballot paper, or |
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| | | (b) | request that a ballot paper be sent to them by post. |
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| | | (2) | Electoral registration officers must issue penalty notices to all persons on the |
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| | | electoral register for which they are responsible who have not complied with one |
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| | | of the requirements in subsection (1). |
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| | | (3) | On receipt of a penalty notice the elector concerned must either— |
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| | | (a) | pay a penalty of not more than £50, or |
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| | | (b) | give notice within 28 days of an appeal under the mechanism prescribed |
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| | | (4) | For each complete period of 28 days in which a person sent a penalty notice does |
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| | | not pay the penalty, the penalty payable shall rise by a further £50. |
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| | | (5) | The Secretary of State must by order prescribe an appeal mechanism for notices |
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| | | issued under subsection (2), which must include provision for electors to offer a |
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| | | reasonable excuse for not complying with subsection (1). |
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| | | (6) | An order under subsection (5) is to be made by statutory instrument and is subject |
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| | | to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. |
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| | | (7) | Electoral registration officers must comply with any guidance issued by the |
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| | | Secretary of State about their responsibilities under this section.’. |
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| | | European parliamentary elections: Saint-Lague method |
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| | | ‘(1) | The European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 shall be amended as follows. |
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| | | (2) | In section 2, for subsection (6) there shall be substituted— |
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| | | “(6) | The second and subsequent seats are to be allocated in the same way, |
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| | | except that the number of votes given to a party to which one or more |
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| | | seats have already been allocated are to be divided by 2S + 1, where S is |
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| | | the number of seats already allocated to that party.”.’. |
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| | | Recommendations to the Boundary Commission |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘Where a substantial number of representations proposing changes to the |
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| | | Commission’s provisional recommendations are received but the Commission |
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| | | decides not to arrange a public inquiry, the Commission shall request an Assistant |
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| | | Commissioner drawn from a national panel of independent lawyers, to consider |
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| | | all written representations together with the provisional recommendations and |
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| | | publish a summary of the main points and the Assistant Commissioner’s own |
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| | | recommendations to the Boundary Commission.’. |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘Notwithstanding any provision of this or any other Act, there shall be no change |
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| | | to the number of boundaries or constituencies in Wales unless the Assembly Act |
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| | | provisions as defined in Part 4 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 have come |
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| | | Single transferable vote elections for the House of Lords |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘The Secretary of State shall by order make arrangements for an election to be |
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| | | held for Members of the House of Lords using the single transferable vote |
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| | | Counting of votes in the referendum |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | A voter votes by marking the ballot paper with— |
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| | | (a) | the number 1 opposite the name of the option that is the voter’s first |
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| | | preference (or, as the case may be, the only option for whom the voter |
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| | | the voter’s second preference, and so on. |
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| | | (2) | The voter may mark as many preferences (up to the number of options) as the |
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| | | (3) | This rule sets out how votes are to be counted, in one or more stages of counting, |
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| | | in order to give effect to the preferences marked by voters on their ballot papers |
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| | | and so to determine which options are selected. |
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| | | (4) | Votes shall be allocated to options in accordance with voters’ first preferences |
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| | | (5) | If not, the options with the fewest votes are eliminated and that option’s votes |
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| | | (a) | each vote cast by a voter who also ranked one or more of the remaining |
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| | | options shall be reallocated to that remaining option or (as the case may |
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| | | be) to the one that the voter ranked highest; |
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| | | (b) | any votes not reallocated shall play no further part in the counting. |
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| | | (6) | If no option is selected at the first stage of counting, the returning officer shall, |
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| | | (a) | the number of first-preference votes obtained by each option; |
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| | | (b) | which option was eliminated; |
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| | | (c) | the number of rejected ballot papers.’. |
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| | | Commencement or repeal of amending provisions: Single transferable vote |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Minister must make an order bringing into force section (Single transferable |
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| | | vote system: amendments), Schedule (Single transferable vote system: further |
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| | | amendments) and Part 1 of Schedule 7 (Single transferable vote provisions) if— |
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| | | (a) | the answer “Single Transferable Vote” is selected in the referendum, and |
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| | | (b) | the draft of an Order in Council laid before Parliament under subsection |
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| | | (5A) of section 3 of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 |
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| | | (substituted by section 8(6)(below) has been submitted to Her Majesty in |
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| | | Council under section 4 of that Act. |
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| | | (2) | If the answer “Single Transferable Vote” is not selected, the Minister must make |
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| | | an order repealing the single transferable vote provisions. |
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| | | (3) | An order under subsection (1) must bring the single transferable vote provisions |
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| | | into force on the same day as the coming into force of the Order in Council in |
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| | | terms of the draft referred to in paragraph (b) of that subsection. |
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| | | (4) | An order under subsection (1) may make transitional or saving provision.’. |
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