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Mr Graham Brady

Mrs Eleanor Laing

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Charles Walker

60

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  19,  at end insert—

‘; and

(c)	citizens of the Republic of Ireland who are ordinarily resident in Northern

Ireland and who have chosen Irish citizenship under the terms of the

Good Friday Agreement.’.

Mr Graham Brady

Mrs Eleanor Laing

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Charles Walker

61

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  19,  at end insert—

‘; and

(d)	British citizens living outside the United Kingdom and not currently

entitled to vote as electors at a parliamentary election in any

constituency.

(1A)	The Minister shall, within one month of the day on which this Act is passed, by

Order provide for a system of prior registration of those entitled to vote in the

referendum under subsection (1)(d) above, and for mechanisms by which their

votes can be cast.’.

Andrew Rosindell

156

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  19,  at end insert ‘; and

(c)	British subjects of Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies who

have individually expressed a wish to participate in United Kingdom

Parliamentary elections.’.

Andrew Rosindell

157

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  19,  at end insert—

‘(1A)

The Minister must, within one month of the day on which this Act is passed, by

Order made by statutory instrument provide for a system of prior registration of

those entitled to vote in the referendum under subsection (1)(d) above, and for

mechanisms by which their votes can be cast.’.

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Caroline Lucas

Mr Douglas Carswell

Mark Lazarowicz

Mr Roger Godsiff

Fiona Mactaggart

Liz Kendall		Stella Creasy		Sir Peter Soulsby
Stephen Twigg		Kate Green

16

Schedule  2,  page  26,  line  39,  leave out ‘question’ and insert ‘questions’.

Caroline Lucas

Mr Douglas Carswell

Mark Lazarowicz

Mr Roger Godsiff

Fiona Mactaggart

Tom Greatrex

Liz Kendall		Stella Creasy		Sir Peter Soulsby
Stephen Twigg		Kate Green

17

Schedule  2,  page  27,  line  17,  leave out ‘answer’ and insert ‘answers’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

170

Schedule  2,  page  27,  line  33,  leave out ‘education’.

Caroline Lucas

Mr Douglas Carswell

Mark Lazarowicz

Mr Roger Godsiff

Fiona Mactaggart

Tom Greatrex

Liz Kendall		Stella Creasy		Sir Peter Soulsby
Stephen Twigg		Kate Green

18

Schedule  2,  page  32,  line  16,  after ‘only’, insert ‘in relation to each question’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

171

Schedule  2,  page  35,  line  3,  leave out paragraph (4).

The Deputy Prime Minister

172

Schedule  2,  page  46,  line  44,  leave out ‘election’ and insert ‘referendum’.

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Caroline Lucas

Mr Douglas Carswell

Mark Lazarowicz

Liz Kendall

Stella Creasy

Sir Peter Soulsby

Stephen Twigg

Kate Green

19

Schedule  2,  page  47,  line  22,  leave out ‘to the referendum question’ and insert

‘either or both of the referendum questions’.

Mr Roger Godsiff

Fiona Mactaggart

Tom Greatrex

88

Schedule  2,  page  47,  line  22,  leave out ‘the referendum question’ and insert ‘either

or both of the referendum questions’.

Iain Stewart

Mrs Eleanor Laing

153

Schedule  2,  page  48,  line  29,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

Iain Stewart

Mrs Eleanor Laing

154

Schedule  2,  page  48,  line  32,  at end insert—

‘(4A)

If the difference between the total number of votes cast in the referendum in the

country in favour of the answer “Yes” and the total number of votes cast in the

referendum in the country in favour of the answer “No” is fewer than 10,000 or

0.1 per cent. of the total number of votes cast, whichever is the smaller number,

the Chief Counting Officer must give a direction to regional counting officers to

have all the votes in their region re-counted.’.

Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil

Jonathan Edwards

Hywel Williams

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

143

Schedule  2,  page  54,  leave out lines 7 to 16 and insert ‘In England the ballot shall be as

follows:

Front of ballot paper

Rank your preference for the system for electing members to the House
of Commons

Please rank in order of preference (1,2,3)

You must mark at least one number on the ballot

Alternative Vote

First Past the Post

Single Transferable Vote

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In Wales, the ballot paper shall be as follows:

Front of ballot paper

Graddiwch pa gyfundrefn o ethol aelodau i Ty’r Cyffredin sydd well
gennych chi

Rhowch pa gynfundrefn sydd well gennych chi yn ôl trefn blaenoriaeth

(1,2,3)

Rhaid i chi farcio o leiaf un rhif ar y papur pleidleisio.

Rank your preference for the system for electing members to the House
of Commons

Please Rank in order of preference (1,2,3)

You must mark at least one number on the ballot.

Pleidlais Amgen/

Alternative Vote

Cyntaf i’r Felin/

First Past the Post

Pleidlais Sengl Drosglwyddadwy/

Single Transferable Vote

In Scotland, the ballot paper shall be as follows:

Front of ballot paper

Rangaich do roghainn a thaobh an t-siostaim taghaidh buill gu Taigh nan

Cumantan

Rangaich iad a rèir do roghainn (1,2,3)

Feumaidh tu co-dhiù aon àireamh a chomharrachadh sa bhaileat.

Rank your preference for the system for electing members to the House
of Commons

Please Rank in order of preference (1,2,3)

You must mark at least one number on the ballot.

Bhòt Eadar-rognach/

Alternative Vote

A’Chiad Bhuannaiche/

First Past the Post

Bhòt Mhalairteach Shinglite/

Single Transferable Vote

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Caroline Lucas

Mr Douglas Carswell

Mark Lazarowicz

20

Schedule  2,  page  54,  leave out lines 9 to 16 and insert—

‘

	Vote (X) once for question 1
	1. Do you want to change the current	Yes
	“first past the post” system for
	electing Members of Parliament to the
	House of Commons
		No
	Then list your preference for what new system might be adopted by
	numbering 1, 2, 3 for question 2
	2. If there was a change do you want the United Kingdom to adopt:
	(a) The “alternative vote” system or
	(b) The “additional member system”
	or
	(c) The “single transferable vote”
	system with three member
	constituencies?’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr Graham Allen

Sheila Gilmore

Simon Hart

Tristram Hunt

Mrs Eleanor Laing

Sir Peter Soulsby

Mr Andrew Turner

232

Schedule  2,  page  54,  leave out lines 11 to 14 and insert—

‘At present, the UK uses the “first past the post”

system to elect MPs to the House of Commons.

Should the “alternative vote” system be used instead?’.

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mrs Eleanor Laing

Mr Christopher Chope

246

Schedule  2,  page  54,  leave out lines 11 to 14 and insert ‘Do you want the United

Kingdom to replace the current system for electing Members of Parliament to the House

of Commons with optional preferential voting with instant runoff?’.

Mr Philip Hollobone

223

Schedule  2,  page  54,  line  12,  after ‘vote’, insert ‘plus’.

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Mr Roger Godsiff

Fiona Mactaggart

Tom Greatrex

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Schedule  2,  page  54,  line  16,  at end insert—

Referendum on mandatory voting for parliamentary general
elections

Vote (X) once only

Do you want the United Kingdom to make it mandatory, for any general

election of Members of Parliament to the House of Commons, for all

persons whose names appear on the electoral register either to attend a

polling station and be handed a ballot paper on polling day, or to request

that a ballot paper be received through the post?

YES

NO

Liz Kendall

Stella Creasy

Sir Peter Soulsby

Stephen Twigg

Kate Green

121

Schedule  2,  page  54,  line  16,  at end insert—

Referendum on elections for the House of Lords

Vote (X) once only

Do you want to elect Members of the House of Lords using the “single

transferable vote” system instead of the current system of

appointment?

YES

NO

Mr Roger Godsiff

Fiona Mactaggart

Tom Greatrex

90

Schedule  2,  page  54,  line  20,  after ‘system’, insert ‘and on mandatory voting’.

Liz Kendall

Stella Creasy

Sir Peter Soulsby

Stephen Twigg

Kate Green

122

Schedule  2,  page  54,  line  20,  after ‘system’, insert ‘and on elections for the Houe of

Lords’.

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Caroline Lucas

Mr Douglas Carswell

Mark Lazarowicz

21

Schedule  2,  page  55,  leave out line 3.

Caroline Lucas

Mr Douglas Carswell

Mark Lazarowicz

Mr Roger Godsiff

Fiona Mactaggart

Tom Greatrex

Liz Kendall		Stella Creasy		Sir Peter Soulsby
Stephen Twigg		Kate Green

22

Schedule  2,  page  55,  line  4,  leave out ‘question’ and insert ‘questions’.

Caroline Lucas

Mr Douglas Carswell

Mark Lazarowicz

Mr Roger Godsiff

Fiona Mactaggart

Tom Greatrex

Liz Kendall		Stella Creasy		Sir Peter Soulsby
Stephen Twigg		Kate Green

23

Schedule  2,  page  55,  line  5,  leave out ‘question’ and insert ‘questions’.

Caroline Lucas

Mr Douglas Carswell

Mark Lazarowicz

24

Schedule  2,  page  55,  leave out line 20.

Caroline Lucas

Mr Douglas Carswell

Mark Lazarowicz

Mr Roger Godsiff

Fiona Mactaggart

Tom Greatrex

Liz Kendall		Stella Creasy		Sir Peter Soulsby
Stephen Twigg		Kate Green

25

Schedule  2,  page  55,  line  25,  leave out ‘question’ and insert ‘questions’.

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