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Martin Vickers

227

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  28,  leave out ‘600’ and insert ‘no fewer than 588 and no more

than 612’.

Austin Mitchell

259

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  28,  leave out ‘600’ and insert ‘650’.

Susan Elan Jones

105

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  28,  at end insert ‘with the addition of such number of

additional constituencies in Wales as are required by rule 6A (Wales) above what would

have been the allocation of seats to Wales by the application of rule 8.’.

Susan Elan Jones

111

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  28,  at end insert ‘, plus the number of any additional

constituencies required under rule 8(4A).’.

Mr Philip Hollobone

219

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  28,  at end insert—

‘(1A)

The four parts of the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern

Ireland) shall each constitute a top up area for the top-up ballot, where—

(a)	England shall have 160 seats,

(b)	Scotland shall have 18 seats,

(c)	Wales shall have 12 seats,

(d)	Northern Ireland shall have 6 seats.’.

Mr Jonathan Edwards

Hywel Williams

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

146

Clause  9,  page  7,  leave out lines 29 to 37.

Mr Graham Allen

Sheila Gilmore

Simon Hart

Tristram Hunt

Mrs Eleanor Laing

Sir Peter Soulsby

235

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  31,  leave out ‘United Kingdom electoral quota’ and insert

‘electoral quota for the part of the United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland or

Northern Ireland) in which the constituency is located’.

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Andrew George

70

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  32,  at end insert—

‘(1A)

This rule is subject to an independent assessment of the Boundary Commission

as to the potential electorate within any area where the Commission, having

consulted—

(a)	the Electoral Commission,

(b)	the Registration Officer of the local authority or authorities in that area,

(c)	such other organisations and individuals whom the Boundary

Commission may choose to consult,

determine that the difference between the registered electorate and the assessed

numbers eligible to be registered is so significant as to give rise to concern about

the number of people to be served within such constituencies as would otherwise

be created by rule 2(1) above.’.

Susan Elan Jones

106

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  33,  after ‘6(2)’, insert ‘6A’.

Sheryll Murray

138

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  33,  after ‘6(2)’, insert ‘, 6B(2)’.

Mr Andrew Turner

Mrs Eleanor Laing

Mr Graham Allen

Mr Mike Hancock

Dr Julian Lewis

Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil

Andrew George

44

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  33,  after ‘6(2)’, insert ‘, 6A(2)’.

Mr Graham Allen

Sheila Gilmore

Simon Hart

Tristram Hunt

Mrs Eleanor Laing

Sir Peter Soulsby

236

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  33,  leave out ‘6(2) and 7’ and insert ‘and 6(2)’.

Susan Elan Jones

112

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  33,  leave out ‘and 7’ and insert ‘, 7 and 8(4B)’.

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Mr Graham Allen

Sheila Gilmore

Simon Hart

Tristram Hunt

Mrs Eleanor Laing

Sir Peter Soulsby

237

Clause  9,  page  7,  leave out lines 34 to 37 and insert—

‘(3)	In this rule “electoral quota” means— U C

where U is the electorate of the part of the United Kingdom in which the

constituency is located, reduced in the case of Scotland by the electorate of the

constituencies mentioned in rule 6, and C is the number of constituencies

allocated to that part under rule 8.’.

Mr Graham Allen

Graham Stringer

42

Clause  9,  page  7,  leave out lines 35 to 37 and insert—

U

T

where U is the electorate of the United Kingdom minus the electorate of the constituencies

mentioned in rule 6 and T is the overall number of constituencies in the United Kingdom

determined by the Boundary Commissions under rule 1A above.’.

Mr Christopher Chope

68

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  35,  leave out	U	and insert	U
	598		583

Andrew George

68

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  35,  leave out	U	and insert	U
	598		498

Hywel Williams

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

Mr Jonathan Edwards

68

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  35,  leave out	U	and insert	U
	598		597

Austin Mitchell

68

*Clause  9,  page  7,  line  35,  leave out	U	and insert	U
	598		648

Susan Elan Jones

107

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  35,  leave out ‘598’ and insert ‘E – 42’.

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Susan Elan Jones

113

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  35,  leave out ‘598’ and insert ‘E – P – 2’.

Mr Philip Hollobone

220

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  35,  leave out ‘598’ and insert ‘450’.

Susan Elan Jones

108

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  37,  at end insert ‘and rule 6A, and E is the number of

constituencies in the United Kingdom’.

Susan Elan Jones

114

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  37,  at end insert ‘and minus the electorate of Wales, E is the

number of constituencies in the United Kingdom, and P is the number of constituencies

allocated to Wales’.

Edward Miliband

Sadiq Khan

Chris Bryant

Mr Peter Hain

129

Clause  9,  page  8,  leave out lines 4 to 6 and insert—

‘(1A)

In England, each constituency shall be wholly in one of the electoral regions

specified in Schedule 1 to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002.’.

Mr Jonathan Edwards

Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil

Hywel Williams

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

147

Clause  9,  page  8,  leave out lines 4 to 6 and insert—

‘(2)	Each part of the United Kingdom shall have the same percentage of

constituencies or, as the case may be, Members of the House of Commons, as at

the date of Royal Assent.’.

Susan Elan Jones

109

Clause  9,  page  8,  line  6,  at end insert ‘, subject to the terms of rule 6A’.

Edward Miliband

Sadiq Khan

Chris Bryant

Mr Peter Hain

130

Clause  9,  page  8,  leave out lines 7 to 14.

Andrew George

73

Clause  9,  page  8,  line  11,  after ‘kilometres’, insert ‘including the area of sea, where

the constituency includes off-shore islands’.

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Edward Miliband

Sadiq Khan

Chris Bryant

Mr Peter Hain

131

Clause  9,  page  8,  leave out lines 16 to 31 and insert—

‘1B(1)

Subject to 1C(1) below—

(a)	The number of parliamentary seats in Wales shall not fall below the

minimum level specified by the Parliamentary Constituencies Act

1986, unless and until primary law making powers are transferred to

the National Assembly for Wales under the provisions of the

Government of Wales Act 2006 following a positive vote in a

referendum;

(b)	No constituency shall have an electorate more than five per cent above

or below the electoral quota for that part of the United Kingdom unless

the Boundary Commission concerned believes there to be overriding

reasons under the terms of these rules why it should;

(c)	No constituency shall have an electorate more than 15 per cent above

or below the Electoral Quota for that part of the United Kingdom;

(d)	In England no district or borough ward shall be included in more than

one constitency;

(e)	In Northern Ireland no local authority ward shall be included in more

than one constituency;

(f)	In Wales no unitary authority ward shall be included in more than one

constituency;

(g)	In Scotland regard shall be had to local authority ward boundaries;

(h)	In England the Boundary Commission should where practicable have

regard to the boundaries of counties and London Boroughs and in any

case no constituency shall include the whole or part of more than two

counties or London Boroughs;

(i)	In Wales the Boundary Commission should where practicable have

regard to the boundaries of unitary authorities and in any case no

constituency shall include the whole or part of more than two unitary

authorities;

(j)	A Boundary Commission may have regard to the size, shape and

accessibility of a constituency;

(k)	A Boundary Commission shall have regard to any local ties that may

be broken or respected by proposals that they may make and any

inconveniences attendant upon them.’.

Graham Stringer

226

Clause  9,  page  8,  line  16,  leave out ‘may take into account, if and to such extent as

they may think fit’ and insert ‘must take into account’.

Andrew George

69

Clause  9,  page  8,  line  24,  at end insert—

‘(1A)

A Boundary Commission must ensure that constituencies are wholly within a

principal local authority area when the following support such a proposition:

(a)	The principal local authority:

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(b)	All sitting Members of Parliament representing constituencies wholly or

partially within that area;

(c)	Two thirds of all civil parish and town councils or parish meetings within

that area who express an opinion;

and where the Commission is satisfied from its own soundings amongst the

electorate and the business and voluntary sectors that this preference is widely

shared.’.

Mr Andrew Turner

116

Clause  9,  page  8,  leave out lines 25 to 30.

Jacob Rees-Mogg

39

Clause  9,  page  8,  line  30,  at end insert ‘The Boundary Commission for England

shall take into account counties as listed in Schedule 1 to the 1997 Lieutenancies Act in

so far as is possible in accordance with rule 2 above.’.

Mr Andrew Turner

117

Clause  9,  page  8,  line  30,  at end insert—

‘(2A)

The Boundary Commission for England must, so far as reasonably practicable,

use parishes rather than wards or eletoral divisions as the basis for

constituencies.’.

Mr Mark Field

203

Clause  9,  page  8,  line  32,  leave out subsection (6).

Edward Miliband

Sadiq Khan

Chris Bryant

Mr Peter Hain

132

Clause  9,  page  8,  leave out lines 32 to 39 and insert—

‘Whole numbers of constituencies

1C  (1)

The following shall be allocated whole numbers of constituencies by

whichever Boundary Commission is responsible for them—

(a)	Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands council areas;

(b)	Comhairle nan Eilean Siar council area;

(c)	the Isle of Anglesey county area;

(d)	the Isle of Wight county area;

(e)	the County of Cornwall and Isles of Scilly council areas.

(2)	The number of constituencies to be allocated to each area shall be determined

by dividing the electorate of the area or areas concerned by the United

Kingdom Electoral Quota and rounding to the nearest whole number. Each

area must be allocated at least one whole constituency.’.

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Hywel Williams

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

Mr Jonathan Edwards

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Clause  9,  page  8,  line  38,  at end insert—

‘(c)	a constituency named Ynys Môn, comprising the area of the Cyngor Sir

Ynys Môn Isle of Anglesey County Council.’.

Mr Andrew Turner

Mrs Eleanor Laing

Mr Graham Allen

Mr Mike Hancock

Dr Julian Lewis

Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil

43

Clause  9,  page  8,  line  39,  at end insert—

‘Isle of Wight

6A  (1)

All parts of the Isle of Wight must be included in a constituency which is

wholly in the Isle of Wight.

(2)	Rule 2 does not apply to any such constituency.’.

Andrew George

71

Clause  9,  page  8,  line  39,  at end insert—

‘Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly

6A  (1)

All parts of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly must be included in a constituency

which is wholly in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

(2)	Rule 2 does not apply in relation to any such constituency.

(3)	The electorate of any constituency in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly shall be:

(a)	no less than 95% of the Cornwall and Scilly electoral quota; and

(b)	no more than 105% of that quota.

(4)	The “ Cornwall and Scilly electoral quota” means C/E where C is the electorate

of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly and E is the number of parliamentary

constituencies which the Commission has determined should be allocated to

Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.’.

Susan Elan Jones

110

Clause  9,  page  8,  line  39,  at end insert—

‘Wales

6A  (1)

There shall continue to be 40 constituencies in Wales.

(2)	Rule 2 does not apply in relation to Wales.

(3)	The electorate of any constituency in Wales shall be—

(a)	no less than 95 per cent. of the Wales electoral quota,

(b)	no more than 105% of that quota.

(4)	The “Wales electoral quota” means W/40

(a)	where W is the electorate of Wales.’.

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Revised 12 October 2010