Vote reform bill passes Commons
MPs have voted for the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill by 328 votes to 269.
That means a referendum on AV will take place next year.
Conservatives and Libdems mostly voted for the bill, Labour mostly against (due to opposition to equalising constituency sizes).
More soon.
Update: BBC reports:
But there are still parliamentary hurdles ahead in the Commons and the House of Lords and some Tory MPs suggested they may rebel if changes were not made at later stages of the bill’s passage through Parliament.
The bill must be approved within months if the referendum is to go ahead on the planned date of 5 May 2011.
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So when does the Lucas amendment come into play..?
That means a referendum on AV will take place next year.
That means a referendum on AV will take place next year.
Assuming that:
…none of the amendments that delay it pass
…no future amendments take it out altogether
…none of the amendments that change it to a referendum on something else pass
…it also gets past third reading
…it doesn’t get defeated in the Lords
of course.
Cautious woot!
The Bill has been given a second reading. That’s the first stage, not the last, in its passage through Parliament. With the committee stage on the floor of the House (it’s a constitutional Bill), there is plenty of scope for amendments to be debated – including moving the date of the referendum, for instance.
You can track the progress of the Bill here and other Bills here.
All very neutral, its almost as if the Referendum wasnt Labours idea in the first place.
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