SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2 Voting at elections
C1Part II Return of London members
Calculation of the London figure
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1
For each registered political party by which a list of candidates has been submitted for the election of London members—
a
there shall be added together the number of London votes given for the party in the Assembly constituencies; and
b
the number arrived at under paragraph (a) above shall then be divided by the aggregate of one and the number of candidates of the party returned as constituency members.
2
For each individual candidate to be a London member there shall be added together the number of London votes given for that candidate in the Assembly constituencies.
3
The number arrived at—
a
in the case of a registered political party, under sub-paragraph (1)(b) above, or
b
in the case of an individual candidate, under sub-paragraph (2) above,
is referred to in this Schedule as “the London figure” for that party or individual candidate.
4
If a person who is a candidate of a registered political party in an Assembly constituency—
a
is returned as the Assembly member for the constituency, and
b
is also returned as the Mayor,
that person counts for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b) above as a candidate of the party returned as a constituency member, notwithstanding that a vacancy arises in the Assembly constituency by virtue of subsection (10) of section 4 of this Act.
Sch. 2 Pt. II applied (14.12.1999) by 1983 c. 2, s. 203B (as inserted (14.12.1999) by 1999 c. 29, s. 17, Sch. 3 paras. 1, 39(5) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 1999/3376, art. 2)