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| | Schedule 2, page 60, line 7, after ‘only’, insert ‘in relation to each question’. |
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| | Schedule 2, page 63, line 17, after ‘only’, insert ‘in relation to each question’. |
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| | Schedule 2, page 67, line 9, after ‘only’, insert ‘in relation to each question’. |
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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 of second question of referendum |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | A voter 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) | 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 is selected. |
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| | | (4) | 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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| | | (5) | If not, the options with the fewest votes is eliminated and that option’s votes shall |
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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 after that stage of counting one candidate has more votes than the other |
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| | | remaining options put together, that option is selected. |
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| | | (7) | If not, the process mentioned in paragraph (3) 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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| | | (8) | 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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| | | (9) | 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 of the option eliminated at the previous stage that |
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| | Title, line 3, after ‘system’, insert ‘or the single transferable vote system or the additional |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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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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| | Clause 9, page 8, line 30, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(2A) | A Boundary Commission must take into account estimates made for each |
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| | | proposed constituency area of unregistered but eligible voters.’. |
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| | Clause 8, page 6, line 33, after ‘(2)’, insert ‘Subject to the terms of subsection |
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| | Clause 8, page 6, line 36, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(3A) | After subsection (2) there is inserted— |
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