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House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given on

Tuesday 14 September 2010

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:

121-31, 133-34, 135-37, 143-44 , and 151-52

Committee of the whole House

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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

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:

(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.’.

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.’.

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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, continued

Proportional Represenation in Parliament

Andrew George

NC8

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	Members of the House of Commons shall have weighted representation in the

House of Commons in respect of each parliamentary vote which a Minister has

announced in the House of Commons shall be a whipped vote.

(2)	The weighted vote of each Member shall be determined by the number of votes

cast for the party they stood for at the time of the last general election divided by

the number of parliamentary seats gained by that party in accordance with the

equation below:

where V is the total number of first preference votes (under the alternative vote

system) or votes (under the first past the post system) and S is the number of

parliamentary seats secured by the party at the general election.

(3)	For the purposes of this clause a political party is as defined in the Political

Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

(4)	Any Member of Parliament elected to the House of Commons at times other than

a general election will be assumed to have an unweighted single vote.

(5)	An unweighted single vote shall be defined by the following equation

where TV is the total number of votes cast in the general election and TS is the

total number of parliamentary seats represented in the House of Commons

following the general election.

(6)	On those occasions when the Governement determine that the matter which may

divide the House of Commons is not a whipped vote, the weighting of votes shall

not apply.

(7)	If any Member of Parliament decides no longer to take the whip of the political

party for which they are elected at the preceding election their vote shall be

whichever is the less of—

(a)	the weighting of the party whip they adopt; and

(b)	an unweighted single vote.’.

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.

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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, continued

(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.’.

Andrew George

72

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

Andrew George

73

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

the constituency includes off-shore islands’.

Andrew George

74

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  28,  leave out ‘600’ and insert ‘500’.

Mr Christopher Chope

75

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  35,  leave out	U	and insert	U
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Andrew George

76

Clause  16,  page  13,  line  3,  at end insert—

‘(1A)

Part 2 of this Act shall come into force if more votes are cast in the referendum

under Part 1 of the Act in favour of the answer “Yes” than in favour of the answer

“No”.’.

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Revised 15 September 2010