House of Commons - Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill - Political and Constitutional Reform Committee

Political and Constitutional Reform Committee - Third Report
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 7 October 2010.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

1 Principle and process

2 Voting system for parliamentary elections

Referendum on the alternative vote system

Proposal to hold a referendum

Proposed referendum date

Combination provisions

The referendum question

Conduct of the referendum: design of the ballot papers

Control of loans etc to permitted participants

3 'Reduce and equalise'

Number of seats

Equalisation of constituency electorates

The Government's proposals

The current situation

Constituencies crossing other boundaries

Prospects for ongoing wide-scale change

Conclusions on equalisation

Preserved constituencies

Accuracy and completeness of the electoral roll

Public consultation on boundary changes

Executive power

Secretary of State's power to amend the Boundary Commissions' recommendations

Size of the 'payroll vote' in the House

4 Conclusion

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of written evidence

List of unprinted evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Oral and Written Evidence

Thursday 22 July 2010

Tuesday 27 July 2010

Thursday 9 September 2010

Tuesday 14 September 2010

Thursday 16 September

Written Evidence