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| | event no candidate obtains 50 per cent. of the vote in the first election there |
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| | shall be a run off in the second election between the first and second choice |
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| ‘paragraph (1)(a) above applies but the tie is not resolved under paragraph (2) above, or |
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| where paragraph (1)(b) above applies,’. |
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| | ‘(3) | After subsection (1) there is inserted— |
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| | “(1A) | Before commencing work on any report or review the Boundary |
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| | Commission for Wales must— |
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| | (a) | consult such organisations and individuals as it sees fit to |
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| | determine the issues which should influence its decisions, and |
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| | (b) | following consultation with the Secretary of State for Wales and |
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| | the Welsh Assembly Government, appoint three independent |
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| | persons to be known as the Wales Convention on Parliamentary |
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| | Representation, “the Convention”. |
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| | (1B) | The duties and powers of the Convention shall be established by the |
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| | Secretary of State by regulations made by statutory instrument, and must |
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| | (a) | inviting representations from organisations and individuals, |
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| | (b) | assessing these representations, |
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| | (c) | holding meetings and public hearings, and |
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| | (1C) | A statutory instrument containing regulations under subsection (1B) is |
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| | ‘(a) | within twelve months of Part 2 of the Parliamentary Voting System and |
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| | Constituencies Act 2010 coming into force in accordance with section |
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| | ‘(3A) | After subsection (2) there is inserted— |
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| | “(2AA) | The boundary review due to be completed by the date set out in |
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| | subsection (2)(a) above shall not begin until both Houses of Parliament |
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| | have approved a report from the Electoral Commission certifying that in |
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| | its opinion sufficient measures have been taken to provide for the |
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| | registration of eligible voters.”.’. |
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| | ‘(5AA) | The Secretary of State must, so far as reasonably practicable, lay before |
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| | Parliament the draft of a separate Order in Council relating to each county (in |
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| | England or Wales) or area (in Scotland) identified in Schedule 1 to the |
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| | Lieutenancies Act 1997.’. |
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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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| | ‘( ) | In Article 3 of the Lord President of the Council Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1837) |
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| | (which makes certain functions of the Secretary of State exercisable concurrently |
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| | with the Lord President) the reference in paragraph (1) to the Parliamentary |
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| | Constituencies Act 1986 is to be read as a reference to that Act as amended by |
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| | 38 | 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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| | 1A (1) | In each periodic report submitted by a Boundary Commission under section |
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| | 3(2), the overall number of constituencies in each part of the United Kingdom |
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| | shall be no more than in the previous report. |
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| | (2) | The Boundary Commissions shall meet at the outset of each periodic review to |
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| | determine the overall number of constituencies in the United Kingdom, and the |
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| | number to be allocated to each of the four parts of the United Kingdom by each |
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| | Commission, in accordance with rule 8. |
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| | (3) | The Boundary Commissions shall ensure that the overall number of |
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| | constituencies in the United Kingdom is reduced in each succeeding periodic |
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| | report to no more than 600 by 2029 in their fourth/fifth periodic reports.’. |
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| additional constituencies in Wales as are required by rule 6A (Wales) above what would |
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| have been the allocation of seats to Wales by the application of rule 8.’. |
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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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| | ‘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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| | ‘(a) | no more than five per cent. above or below the electoral quota for that |
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| | part of the United Kingdom unless the Boundary Commission concerned |
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| | ‘(a) | no more than five per cent. above or below the electoral quota for that |
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| | part of the United Kingdom unless the Boundary Commission concerned |
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| | (b) | no more than 15 per cent. above or below the electoral quota for that part |
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| Northern Ireland) in which the constituency is located’. |
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| | ‘(1A) | This rule is subject to an independent assessment of the Boundary Commission |
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| | as to the potential electorate within any area where the Commission, having |
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| | (a) | the Electoral Commission, |
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| | (b) | the Registration Officer of the local authority or authorities in that area, |
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| | (c) | such other organisations and individuals whom the Boundary |
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| | Commission may choose to consult, |
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| | | determine that the difference between the registered electorate and the assessed |
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| | numbers eligible to be registered is so significant as to give rise to concern about |
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| | the number of people to be served within such constituencies as would otherwise |
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| | be created by rule 2(1) above.’. |
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| | ‘(3) In this rule “electoral quota” means—
U C
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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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U T
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| determined by the Boundary Commissions under rule 1A above.’.
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U (600 - C)
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