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| | For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:
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| | 121-31, 133-34, 135-37, 143-44, 151-52 163-65, 167-172 and 173-202 |
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| | Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill |
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| | Clause 1, page 1, line 9, after ‘vote’, insert ‘Plus’. |
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| | Clause 1, page 2, line 2, after ‘amgen’, insert ‘plws’. |
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| | Clause 7, page 5, leave out lines 2 to 11 and insert— |
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| | | ‘How constituency votes are to be given |
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| | | 37A(1) | A voter votes by marking a constituency ballot paper and a top-up ballot paper. |
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| | | (2) | A voter marks the constituency ballot paper with— |
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| | | (a) | the number 1 opposite the name of the candidate who is the voter’s |
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| | | first preference (or, as the case may be, the only candidate for whom |
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| | | the voter wishes to vote), |
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| | | (b) | if the voter wishes, the number 2 opposite the name of the candidate |
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| | | who is the voter’s second preference, |
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| | | (c) | 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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| | | (3) | A voter marks the top-up ballot paper with a mark opposite a single political |
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| | | party list of candidates.’. |
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| | Clause 7, page 5, line 13, after ‘How’, insert ‘constituency’. |
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| | Clause 7, page 5, line 16, leave out ‘ballot papers and so to determine which |
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| | candidate is elected’ and insert ‘constituency ballot papers and so determine which |
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| | constituency candidate is elected, and how top-up votes are to be counted and so |
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| | determine the allocation of top-up seats to political parties.’. |
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| | Clause 7, page 5, line 34, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(5A) | Top-up ballots shall be counted simultaneously’. |
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| | Clause 7, page 5, line 36, after ‘no’, insert ‘constituency’. |
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| | Clause 7, page 5, line 40, after ‘each’, insert ‘constituency’. |
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| | Clause 7, page 5, line 42, after ‘which’, insert ‘constituency’. |
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| | Clause 7, page 5, line 43, after ‘rejected’, insert ‘constituency’. |
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| | Clause 7, page 6, line 5, after ‘each’, insert ‘constituency’. |
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| | Clause 7, page 6, line 7, after ‘which’, insert ‘constituency’. |
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| | Clause 7, page 6, line 8, after ‘the’, insert ‘constituency’. |
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| | Clause 7, page 6, line 9, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(2A) | After rule 50 in that Schedule there is inserted— |
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| | | “50A (1) | The returning officer shall give public notice of the total number of |
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| | | votes given for each political party together with the number of |
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| | | rejected ballot papers under each head shown in the statement of |
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| | | rejected ballot papers and return this information to the Clerk of the |
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| | | (2) | The Clerk of the Crown shall determine the allocation of top-up seats |
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| | | in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, by applying the |
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| | | D’Hondt formula to the total aggregated top-up votes in each of the |
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| | | four parts of the United Kingdom, as declared by each and every |
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| | | returning officer in that part.”.’. |
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| | Clause 9, page 7, line 28, leave out ‘600’ and insert ‘450’. |
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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, line 35, leave out ‘598’ and insert ‘450’. |
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| | Schedule 6, page 144, line 29, at beginning insert— |
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| | Schedule 6, page 144, line 39, at end insert— |
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| | | | Vote for one political party only. Put no other mark on the ballot paper, or your |
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| | | vote may not be counted’. |
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| | Schedule 2, page 54, line 12, after ‘vote’, insert ‘plus’. |
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| | Title, line 3, after ‘vote’, insert ‘plus’. |
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| | Clause 1, page 1, line 6, leave out ‘5 May 2011’ and insert ‘the day of the next |
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| | Clause 9, page 5, line 16, leave out ‘may take into account, if and to such extent as |
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| | they may think fit’ and insert ‘must take into account’. |
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| | Clause 9, page 7, line 28, leave out ‘600’ and insert ‘no fewer than 588 and no more |
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| | Clause 9, page 9, line 40, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘Variation in number of constituencies |
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| | | 8A (1) | A Boundary Commission shall have power to recommend that the number of |
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| | | constituencies in the relevant part of the United Kingdom should be greater or |
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| | | smaller than the number determined in accordance with the allocation method |
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| | | (2) | The number so recommended must be no less than 98 per cent. and no more |
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| | | than 102 per cent. of the number so determined.’. |
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| | Clause 9, page 10, line 2, leave out from ‘persons’ to first ‘in’ in line 5 and insert |
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| | ‘aged 18 or over who are shown by the most recent census of population to reside’. |
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| | Clause 1, page 1, leave out lines 8 to 11 and insert ‘At present, the UK uses the ‘first |
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| | past the post’ system to elect MPs to the House of Commons. Should the ‘alternative vote’ |
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| | system be used instead?’. |
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| | Clause 1, page 2, leave out lines 1 to 4 and insert ‘Ar hyn o bryd, mae’r DU yn |
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| | defnyddio’r system ‘y cyntaf i’r felin’ i ethol Asau i Dy’r Cyffredin. A ddylid defnyddio’r |
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| | system ‘pleidlais amgen’ yn lle hynny?’. |
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| | Schedule 2, page 54, leave out lines 11 to 14 and insert ‘At present, the UK uses the |
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| | ‘first past the post’ system to elect MPs to the House of Commons. Should the ‘alternative |
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| | vote’ system be used instead?’. |
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| | Clause 4, page 2, line 33, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(1A) | Section 117 of the 2000 Act has effect in relation to the referendum as if at the |
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| | | end of subsection (1) there were inserted “or unless the expenditure incurred is in |
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| | | respect of the publication of any matter relating to the referendum, other than an |
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| | | (a) | a newspaper or periodical, |
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| | | (b) | a broadcast made by the British Broadcasting Corporation or by Sianel |
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| | | (c) | a programme included in any service licensed under Part I or III of the |
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| | | Broadcasting Act 1990 or Part I or II of the Broadcasting Act 1996.’. |
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| | Clause 8, page 7, line 17, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(5AA) | The draft of an Order in Council laid under subsection (5A) above may only give |
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| | | effect to the recommendations contained in all four reports under subsection (1) |
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| | | above with modifications, where those modifications have been made with the |
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| | | agreement of the Boundary Commissions.’. |
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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 33, leave out ‘6(2) and 7’ and insert ‘and 6(2)’. |
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| | Clause 9, page 7, leave out lines 34 to 37 and insert— |
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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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| | Clause 9, page 9, leave out lines 1 to 25. |
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| | Clause 9, page 10, line 27, leave out ‘United Kingdom’. |
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| | Clause 10, page 10, line 38, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘( ) | In relation to a report under section 3(1) of the 1986 Act that a Boundary |
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| | | Commission is required, by subsection (2) of section 3 of that Act as substituted |
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| | | by section 8(3) of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, to |
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| | | submit before 1 October 2013— |
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| | | (a) | a Boundary Commission shall make information available via their |
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| | | website, and if they see fit by other means, on their proposed general |
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| | | approach to the application of Schedule 2 to the 1986 Act, |
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| | | (b) | representations with respect to this proposed general approach may be |
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| | | made to the Commission during a specified period of eight weeks, and |
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| | | (c) | the Commission shall take into consideration any such representations |
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| | | duly made prior to the provisional determination of any |
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| | | recommendations affecting any constituency. |
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| | | ( ) | A Boundary Commission’s “proposed general approach” shall include but need |
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| | | (a) | the processes by which they intend to seek to ensure the application of |
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| | | rule 2, and in the case of the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland |
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| | | of rule 7, including the circumstances in which they will consider |
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| | | recommending that wards, electoral areas and divisions should be |
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| | | divided between two or more constituencies, and the information on |
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| | | which they intend to rely in determining how to carry out such a division, |
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| | | (b) | the extent to which they intend to take into account each of the factors |
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| | | described in rule 5(1), and in the case of the Boundary Commission for |
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