Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill
Schedule 10 — The alternative vote system: further amendments
Part 2 — Amendments of other provisions of the 1983 Act
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(i)
any decision made by lot by the returning officer
under that rule shall, in so far as it resolves the tie, be
effective also for the purposes of the petition, and
(ii)
in so far as the tie is not resolved by such a decision,
the court shall resolve it by lot.”
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In section 165 (avoidance of election for employing corrupt agent), after
subsection (3) there is inserted—
“(3A)
In the case of a parliamentary election—
(a)
a vote shall be deemed in accordance with subsection (3)
above to be thrown away only to the extent that it indicates a
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preference (whether a first preference or any other) for the
person who was under the incapacity, and
(b)
any number on the voter’s ballot paper indicating a
subsequent preference shall be treated as reduced by one.”
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In section 166 (votes to be struck off for corrupt or illegal practices), in
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subsection (1), for the words from “election there shall” to the end there is
substituted “election, then on a scrutiny—
(a)
there shall be disregarded any preference for the candidate
(whether a first preference or any other) indicated by a voter
who is proved to have been so bribed, treated or unduly
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influenced, and
(b)
any number on the voter’s ballot paper indicating a
subsequent preference shall be treated as reduced by one.”
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In section 199B (translations etc of certain documents), in subsection (6), for
the words “in the case of a parliamentary election or” in paragraph (a) there
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is substituted—

“in the case of a parliamentary election, must have printed
the following words both at the top and immediately below
the list of candidates:

“Put the number 1 next to the name of the candidate

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who is your first choice (or your only choice, if you

want to vote for only one candidate).

You can also put the number 2 next to your second

choice, 3 next to your third choice, and so on.

You can mark as few or as many choices (up to the

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number of candidates) as you wish.

Do not use the same number more than once.”,

(aa)
in the case of”.

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill
Schedule 11 — Repeals
Part 2 — Parliamentary constituencies
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Part 3
Amendments of other enactments
Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41)
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In section 3A of the 2000 Act (four Electoral Commissioners to be persons
put forward by parties), in subsection (7), for “votes cast for” there is
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substituted “first-preference votes obtained by”.
Schedule 11
Section 15

Repeals
Part 1
Voting system for parliamentary elections
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Short title and chapter
Extent of repeal

Representation of the People
Section 66(7) and (8).

Act 1983 (c. 2)
In section 139(6), the words “the parliamentary

elections rules or” in both places.

In Schedule 1, in the Appendix of forms—

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(a)
in the Form of Front of Ballot Paper, the

numbers on the left-hand side, and the

vertical rule separating them from the

particulars of the candidates;

(b)
in paragraph 2 of the Guidance for

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Voters, the words “Vote for one

candidate only.”

Representation of the People
Section 13(b).

Act 1985 (c. 50)

Greater London Authority Act
In Schedule 3, paragraph 11.

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1999 (c. 29)

Part 2
Parliamentary constituencies

Short title and chapter
Extent of repeal

Parliamentary Constituencies
In section 3—

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Act 1986 (c. 56)
(a)
in subsection (1)(b), the words “(read

with paragraph 7)”;

(b)
subsection (3);

(c)
in subsection (6), the words “and related

provisions”;

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(d)
subsections (7) and (8).

Section 6.

Section 8(3).

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill
Schedule 11 — Repeals
Part 2 — Parliamentary constituencies
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Short title and chapter
Extent of repeal

Boundary Commissions Act
Section 2(3).

1992 (c. 55)
Section 3.

Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)
Section 86.

Local Government (Wales) Act
In Schedule 2, paragraph 13.

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1994 (c. 19)
In Schedule 16, paragraph 80.

Local  Government  etc.
In Schedule 13, paragraph 150.

(Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39)

Government of Wales Act 2006
Section 2(5) and (6).

(c. 32)
In section 159, in the entry for “Assembly

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electoral region”, the words “and Schedule 1”.

Schedule 1.

In Schedule 11, paragraph 1.