Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011

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The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 is a UK law that reformed rules on parliamentary constituency boundaries and provided for a referendum on adopting the Alternative Vote system for elections to the House of Commons.

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instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
amends Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 ⓘ
appliesToBody House of Commons ⓘ
boundaryCommissionsAffected Boundary Commission for England ⓘ
Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland ⓘ
Boundary Commission for Scotland ⓘ
Boundary Commission for Wales ⓘ
citation 2011 c. 1 ⓘ
containsPart Part 1: Voting system for parliamentary elections ⓘ
Part 2: Parliamentary constituencies ⓘ
containsSchedule Schedule 1: Referendum on the voting system for parliamentary elections ⓘ
Schedule 2: Rules for redistribution of seats ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentSystemAddressed First-past-the-post ⓘ
electoralEventLinked 2011 United Kingdom local elections ⓘ
electorate United Kingdom parliamentary electorate ⓘ
government Cameron–Clegg coalition government ⓘ
introducedBy Mark Harper ⓘ
Nick Clegg ⓘ
jurisdiction England ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
legislature Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
longTitle An Act to make provision for the holding of a referendum on the voting system for parliamentary elections and to make provision about the number and size of constituencies for the House of Commons; and for connected purposes ⓘ
partOf United Kingdom constitutional law ⓘ
policyArea constitutional reform ⓘ
elections ⓘ
previousNumberOfConstituencies 650 ⓘ
primaryPurpose Provide for a referendum on the voting system for UK parliamentary elections ⓘ
Reform rules on UK parliamentary constituency boundaries ⓘ
providesFor 2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum ⓘ
referendumDate 2011-05-05 ⓘ
relatedTo Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 ⓘ
Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 ⓘ
requires Regular boundary reviews by Boundary Commissions ⓘ
resultOfReferendum Alternative Vote proposal rejected ⓘ
First-past-the-post system retained for House of Commons elections ⓘ
royalAssentDate 2011-02-16 ⓘ
sectionCountApproximate 100+ ⓘ
setsNumberOfConstituencies 600 ⓘ
shortTitle Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 ⓘ
sponsorHouse House of Commons ⓘ
status Amended ⓘ
subject electoral reform ⓘ
parliamentary constituencies ⓘ
voting systems ⓘ
typeOfReferendum UK-wide advisory referendum ⓘ
votingSystemProposed Alternative Vote ⓘ
yearEnacted 2011 ⓘ

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Boundary Commission for England → legalBasis → Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 ⓘ
Boundary Commission for Wales → legalBasis → Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 ⓘ
Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland → follows → Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 ⓘ
House of Commons constituencies in England → governingLaw → Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 ⓘ
Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 → amendedBy → Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 ⓘ
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 → shortTitle → Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 ⓘ
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 → longTitle → An Act to make provision for the holding of a referendum on the voting system for parliamentary elections and to make provision about the number and size of constituencies for the House of Commons; and for connected purposes ⓘ
linked to: Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011
Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies → legislativeBasis → Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 ⓘ
2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum → legalBasis → Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 ⓘ
Northern Ireland constituencies → governedBy → Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 ⓘ
Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 → relatedTo → Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 ⓘ
Scottish Westminster constituencies → governingLaw → Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 ⓘ