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DATE OF PROPOSED REFERENDUM ON AN ALTERNATIVE VOTING SYSTEM

EDM (Early Day Motion) 613: tabled on 26 July 2010

Tabled in the 2010-12 session.

This motion has been signed by 61 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.

Motion text

That this House notes that in 2002 the Electoral Commission, following consultations on the holding of a possible referendum on the euro on the same day as other elections on 1 May 2003, issued a statement making clear that referendums on fundamental issues of national importance should be considered in isolation and that they should not be held at the same time as devolved assembly or local government elections; further notes that in a recent report the House of Lords Constitution Committee recommended that there should be a presumption against holding referendums on the same day as elections; recognises that this advice is in accordance with best constitutional practice in countries such as Switzerland, where referendums are more regularly held; believes that this constitutional practice should be observed unless there are very exceptional reasons for it to be set aside; is concerned at the proposal to hold the referendum on whether to change the voting system on 5 May 2011, which is the same day as elections to the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales and to local authorities in Northern Ireland, but only in parts of England; further believes that this proposal would allow other issues to cloud the referendum debate before the vote, would artificially inflate turnout in some parts of the country but not others, and that it may accordingly advantage one campaign at the expense of the other; proposes that any referendum on this issue should therefore be held on a different date; and looks forward to advice from the Electoral Commission on this matter which is consistent with its previous statements.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.

Amess, Mr David
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
Southend West
Bacon, Mr Richard
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
South Norfolk
Binley, Mr Brian
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
Northampton South
Blenkinsop, Tom
Labour
Signed on 7 September 2010
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
Bone, Mr Peter
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
Wellingborough
Bridgen, Andrew
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
North West Leicestershire
Carswell, Mr Douglas
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
Clacton
Caton, Martin
Labour
Signed on 7 September 2010
Gower
Chope, Mr Christopher
Conservative
Signed on 27 July 2010
Christchurch
Clappison, Mr James
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
Hertsmere
Coffey, Dr Thérèse
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
Suffolk Coastal
Crouch, Tracey
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
Chatham and Aylesford
Dakin, Nic
Labour
Signed on 9 September 2010
Scunthorpe
Davies, Glyn
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
Montgomeryshire
Davies, Philip
Conservative
Signed on 8 September 2010
Shipley
Docherty, Thomas
Labour
Signed on 6 September 2010
Dunfermline and West Fife
Dorries, Nadine
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
Mid Bedfordshire
Field, Mr Mark
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
Cities of London and Westminster
Gray, Mr James
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
North Wiltshire
Hamilton, Mr David
Labour
Signed on 9 September 2010
Midlothian
Kawczynski, Daniel
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
Shrewsbury and Atcham
Knight, Mr Greg
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
East Yorkshire
Laing, Mrs Eleanor
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
Epping Forest
Lazarowicz, Mark
Labour
Signed on 9 September 2010
Edinburgh North and Leith
Lewis, Dr Julian
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
New Forest East
Liddell-Grainger, Mr Ian
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
Bridgwater and West Somerset
Llwyd, Mr Elfyn
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 13 September 2010
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Lopresti, Jack
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
Filton and Bradley Stoke
MacShane, Mr Denis
Labour
Signed on 27 July 2010
Rotherham
McCrea, Dr William
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 7 September 2010
South Antrim
McDonnell, Dr Alasdair
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Signed on 8 September 2010
Belfast South
McGovern, Jim
Labour
Signed on 6 September 2010
Dundee West
McPartland, Stephen
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
Stevenage
Mercer, Patrick
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
Newark
Mosley, Stephen
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
City of Chester
Nuttall, Mr David
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
Bury North
Percy, Andrew
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
Brigg and Goole
Reckless, Mark
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
Rochester and Strood
Redwood, Mr John
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
Wokingham
Rees-Mogg, Jacob
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
North East Somerset
Robertson, Mr Laurence
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
Tewkesbury
Rosindell, Andrew
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
Romford
Shepherd, Mr Richard
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
Aldridge-Brownhills
Shuker, Gavin
Labour
Signed on 11 October 2010
Luton South
Stewart, Bob
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
Beckenham
Stringer, Graham
Labour
Signed on 6 September 2010
Blackley and Broughton
Stuart, Mr Graham
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
Beverley and Holderness
Vickers, Martin
Conservative
Signed on 6 September 2010
Cleethorpes
Walker, Mr Robin
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
Worcester
Whittingdale, Mr John
Conservative
Signed on 26 July 2010
Maldon