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| For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:
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| 287-358, 367-68 and 369-72 |
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| Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill |
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| Clause 6, page 4, line 28, after ‘No’, insert ‘and the number of electors casting a |
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| vote in the referendum is equal to or greater than 30 per cent. of those entitled to cast such |
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| Clause 9, page 8, line 33, leave out ‘continue to’. |
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| Clause 9, page 8, line 38, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(c) | a constituency named East Retforde, comprising the historic borough of |
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| | East Retforde as defined by Royal Charter in 1105, with 150 freemen of |
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| | the town electing two members for the consituency.’. |
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| Clause 9, page 7, leave out lines 27 and 28 and insert— |
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| | 1 | The UK Electoral Quota shall be defined as the total electorate of the United |
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| | Kingdom on the designated enumeration day divided by 650.’. |
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| Clause 9, page 7, leave out lines 30 to 37 and insert— |
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| | ‘2 (1) | No constituency shall have an electorate more than five per cent. above or |
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| | below the electoral quota for that part of the United Kingdom unless the |
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| | Boundary Commission concerned believes there to be overriding reasons |
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| | under the terms of these rules why it should. |
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| | (2) | No constituency shall have an electorate more than 10 per cent. above or below |
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| | the electoral quota for that part of the United Kingdom. |
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| Clause 9, page 8, leave out lines 4 to 6 and insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | In England, each constituency shall be wholly in one of the electoral regions |
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| | specified in Schedule 1 to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002. |
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| | (1B) | The following shall be allocated whole numbers of constituencies by whichever |
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| | Boundary Commission is responsible for them: |
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| | (a) | Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands council areas; |
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| | (b) | Comhairle nan Eilean Siar council area; |
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| | (c) | The Isle of Anglesey county area; |
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| | (d) | The Isle of Wight county area; |
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| | (e) | The County of Cornwall and Isles of Scilly council areas. |
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| | (1C) | The number of seats to be allocated to each area shall be determined by dividing |
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| | the electorate of the area or areas concerned by the United Kingdom Electoral |
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| | Quota and rounding to the nearest whole number. Each area must be allocated at |
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| Clause 9, page 8, line 24, at end insert— |
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| | (a) | In England no district or borough ward shall be included in more than one |
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| | (b) | In Northern Ireland no local authority ward shall be included in more |
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| | (c) | In Wales no unitary authority ward shall be included in more than one |
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| | (d) | In Scotland regard shall be had to local authority ward boundaries. |
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| | (e) | In England the Boundary Commission should where practicable have |
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| | regard to the boundaries of counties and London boroughs and in any |
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| | case no constituency shall include the whole or part of more than two |
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| | counties or London boroughs. |
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| | (f) | In Wales the Boundary Commission should where practicable have |
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| | regard to the boundaries of unitary authorities and in any case no |
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| | constituency shall include the whole or part of more than two unitary |
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| Clause 9, page 8, leave out line 31. |
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| Clause 9, page 8, leave out lines 32 to 39. |
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| Clause 9, page 9, leave out line 26 to 40 and insert— |
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| | ‘Allocation of constituencies |
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| | 8 (1) | The adjusted UK Electoral Quota shall then be calculated as follows: |
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| | The total electorate of the United Kingdom less the areas listed in Rule |
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| | 650 minus the total number of constituencies allocated to the areas listed in |
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| | (2) | Each country shall then be allocated a whole number of constituencies as |
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| | (3) | The first constituency shall be allocated to the part of the United Kingdom with |
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| | (4) | The second and subsequent constituencies shall be allocated in the same way, |
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| | except that the electorate of a part of the United Kingdom to which one or more |
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| | constituencies have already been allocated is to be divided by— |
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| | | where C is the number of constituencies already allocated to that part. |
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| | (5) | An Electoral Quota shall then be calculated for each of the four countries by |
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| | dividing the electorate of each country by the number of constituencies |
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| | allocated as described in Rules 8(3) and 5(4). |
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| | (6) | The total number of constituencies to be allocated to any country shall not be |
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| | more than ten per cent. above or below the current number of constituencies. |
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| | If the number of constituencies allocated by the process described in Rules 8(3) |
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| | and 8(4) exceeds or falls below that limit then additional or fewer seats shall |
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| | be allocated as appropriate, sufficient to bring the allocation within ten per |
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| | cent. of the current number of seats in the country concerned. |
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