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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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| | (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 are 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 that the other options put together, that option |
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| | (5) | If not, the options with the fewest votes are eliminated and that option’s votes |
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| | shall 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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| | (6) | 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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| | 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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| | Single transferable vote system: amendments |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | In Schedule 1 to the 1983 Act (Parliamentary elections rules), after rule 37 there |
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| | “How votes are to be given |
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| | 37A(1) | A voter votes by marking the ballot paper with— |
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| | (a) | the number 1 opposite the name of the candidate who is the |
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| | voter’s first preference (or, as the case may be, the only |
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| | candidate for whom the voter wishes to vote), |
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| | (b) | if the voter wishes, the number 2 opposite the name of the |
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| | candidate who is the voter’s second preference, |
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| | (2) | The voter may mark as many preferences (up to the number of |
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| | candidates) as the voter wishes.”. |
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| | (2) | After rule 45 in that Schedule there is to be inserted— |
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| | “How votes are to be counted |
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| | 45A(1) | This rule sets out how votes are to be counted, in one or more stages |
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| | of counting, in order to give effect to the preferences marked by voters |
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| | on their ballot papers and so to determine which candidate is elected. |
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| | 45B(1) | The returning officer shall sort the valid ballot papers into parcels |
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| | according to the candidates for whom first preference votes are given. |
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| | (2) | The returning officer shall then— |
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| | (a) | count the number of ballot papers in each parcel; |
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| | (b) | credit the candidate receiving the first preference vote with |
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| | one vote for each ballot paper; and |
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| | (c) | record those numbers. |
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| | (3) | The returning officer shall also ascertain and record the total number |
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| | 45C(1) | The returning officer shall divide the total number of valid ballot |
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| | papers for the constituency by a number exceeding by one the number |
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| | of members to be elected at the election for that constituency. |
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| | (2) | The result of the division under paragraph (1) (Ignoring any decimal |
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| | places), increased by one, is the number of votes needed to secure the |
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| | return of a candidate as a member (in this Schedule referred to as the |
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| | Return of members of House of Commons |
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| | 45D(1) | Where, at any stage of the count, the number of votes for a candidate |
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| | equals or exceeds the quota, the candidate is deemed to be elected. |
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| | (2) | A candidate is returned as a member of the House of Commons when |
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| | declared to be elected in accordance with paragraph 8(1). |
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| | Transfer of ballot papers |
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| | 45E(1) | Where, at the end of any stage of the count, the number of votes |
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| | credited to any candidate exceeds the quota and, subject to paragraphs |
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| | 5 and 8, one or more vacancies remain to be filled, the returning officer |
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| | shall sort the ballot papers received by that candidate into further |
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| | parcels so that they are grouped— |
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| | (a) | according to the next available preference given on those |
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| | (b) | where no such preference is given, as a parcel of non- |
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| | (2) | The returning officer shall, in accordance with this paragraph and |
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| | paragraph 5, transfer each parcel of ballot papers referred to in sub- |
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| | paragraph (1)(a) to the continuing candidate for whom the next |
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| | available preference is given on those papers and shall credit such |
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| | continuing candidates with an additional number of votes calculated in |
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| | accordance with sub-paragraph (3). |
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| | (3) | The vote on each ballot paper is transferred under sub-paragraph (2) |
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| | shall have a value (‘the transfer value’) calculated as follows—
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| | | A = the value which is calculated by multiplying the surplus of the |
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| | transferring candidate by the value of the ballot paper when received |
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| | | B = the total number of votes credited to that candidate, the calculation |
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| | being made to five decimal places (any remainder being ignored). |
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| | (4) | For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3)— |
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| | “transferring candidate” means the candidate from whom the ballot paper |
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| | is being transferred; and |
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| | “the value of the ballot paper” means— |
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| | (a) | for a ballot paper on which a first preference vote is given for the |
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| | transferring candidate, one; and |
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| | (b) | in all other cases, the transfer value of the ballot paper when |
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| | received by the transferring candidate. |
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| | Transfer of ballot papers: supplementary provisions |
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| | 45F(1) | If, at the end of any stage of the count, the number of votes credited to |
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| | two or more candidates exceeds the quota the returning officer shall— |
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| | (a) | first sort the ballot papers of the candidate with the highest |
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| | (b) | then transfer the transferable papers of that candidate. |
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| | (2) | If the surpluses determined in respect of two or more candidates are |
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| | equal, the transferable papers of the candidate who had the highest |
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| | number of votes at the end of the most recent preceding stage at which |
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| | they had unequal numbers of votes shall be transferred first. |
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| | (3) | If the numbers of votes credited to two or more candidates were equal |
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| | at all stages of the count, the returning officer shall decide, by lot, |
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| | which candidate’s transferable papers are to be transferred first. |
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| | 45G(1) | If one or more vacancies remain to be filled and— |
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| | (a) | the returning officer has transferred all ballot papers which are |
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| | required by paragraph 5 or this paragraph to be transferred; or |
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| | (b) | there are no ballot papers to be transferred under paragraph 5 |
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| | or this paragraph, the returning officer shall exclude from the |
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| | election at that stage the candidate with the then lowest |
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| | (2) | The returning officer shall sort the ballot papers for the candidate |
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| | excluded under sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph into parcels so that |
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| | (a) | according to the next available preference given on those |
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| | (b) | where no such preference is given, as a parcel of non- |
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| | (3) | The returning officer shall, in accordance with this article, transfer |
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| | each parcel of ballot papers referred to in sub-paragraph (2)(a) to the |
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| | continuing candidate for whom the next available preference is given |
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| | on those papers and shall credit such continuing candidates with an |
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| | additional number of votes calculated in accordance with sub- |
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| | (4) | The vote on each ballot paper transferred under sub-paragraph (3) |
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| | shall have a transfer value of one unless the vote was transferred to the |
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| | excluded candidate in which case it will have the same transfer value |
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| | as when transferred to the candidate excluded under sub-paragraph |
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| | (5) | This paragraph is subject to paragraph 45H. |
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| | Exclusion of candidates: supplementary provisions |
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| | 45H(1) | If, when a candidate has to be excluded under paragraph 6— |
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| | (a) | two or more candidates each have the same number of votes; |
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| | (b) | no other candidate has fewer votes, sub-paragraph (2) applies. |
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| | (2) | Where this sub-paragraph applies— |
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| | (a) | regard shall be had to the total number of votes credited to |
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| | those candidates at the end of the most recently preceding |
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| | stage of the count at which they had an unequal number of |
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| | votes and the candidate with the lowest number of votes at that |
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| | stage shall be excluded; and |
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| | (b) | where the number of votes credited to those candidates was |
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| | equal at all stages, the returning officer shall decide, by lot, |
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| | which of those candidates is to be excluded. |
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| | Filling of last vacancies |
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| | 45I(1) | Where the number of continuing candidates is equal to the number of |
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| | vacancies remaining unfilled, the continuing candidates are deemed to |
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| | (2) | Where the last vacancies can be filled under this paragraph, no further |
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| | 45J(1) | Where a vacancy occurs in any constituency, paragraphs (45A) to |
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| | (45H) apply to the subsequent by-election. |
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| | (2) | Where more than one vacancy exists in a constituency when a writ for |
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| | a by-election in that constituency is moved, only one by-election is to |
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| | be held for the vacant seats and this rule applies as if the number of |
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| | members to be elected is the total number of seats vacant in that |
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| | Candidates at general elections to the National Assembly for Wales |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘In section 7 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (Candidates at general |
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| | elections), subsections 5 (c) and 6 (c) are repealed.’. |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The 1986 Act after section 1(1) there is inserted— |
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| | “(1A) | There shall for the purposes of paraliamentary elections be a constituency |
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| | named the Overseas constituency, returning a single member, for British |
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| | subjects of Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies who have |
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| | expressed a wish to participate in United Kingdom parliamentary |
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| | (1B) | A Boundary Commission may make a report under section 3 of this Act |
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| | (Reports of the Boundary Commissions) if in its view the number of |
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| | members to be elected from the Overseas constituency should increase, |
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| | in which case references in that section to “the part of the United |
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| | Kingdom” should be disregarded. |
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| | (1C) | If a Boundary Commission mades a report under subsection (1B) of this |
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| | Act, sections 3A (Reviews and proposed recommendations by Boundary |
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| | Commissions), 4 (Orders in Council) and 5 (Notices) of this Act apply to |
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| | (1D) | Entitlement to vote in the Overseas constituency must be based on the |
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| | register prepared under section (2)(1A) of the Parliamentary Voting |
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| | System and Constituencies Act 2010.”.’. |
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| To move the following Schedule:— |
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| | The single transferrable vote system: further amendments |
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| | Amendments of the Parliamentary Elections Rules |
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| | 1 | Schedule 1 to the 1983 Act (parliamentary elections rules) is amended as |
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| | 2 | For rule 18 (poll to be taken by ballot) there is substituted— |
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| | “18 | The votes at the poll shall be given by ballot in accordance with rule |
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| | 37A below, the result shall be ascertained in accoredance with rule |
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| | 45A below and the successful candidate shall be declared to have |
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| | 3 | In rule 29 (equipment of polling stations), in paragraph (5), for the words after |
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| | “the notice” there is substituted— |
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