Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011

1. Introduction

2. Overview of the Act

3. Summary

   1. Part 1: Voting system for parliamentary elections

   2. Part 2: Parliamentary constituencies

   3. Background

      1. General

      2. Part 1: Voting system for parliamentary elections

      3. Part 2: Parliamentary constituencies

4. Territorial Extent and Application

5. Commentary on Sections

   1. Part 1: Voting system for parliamentary elections

      1. Section 1: Referendum on the alternative vote system

      2. Section 2: Entitlement to vote in the referendum

      3. Section 3: Conduct of the referendum

      4. Section 4: Combination of poll

      5. Section 5: Press comment etc not subject to spending controls

      6. Section 6: Control of loans etc to permitted participants

      7. Section 7: Interpretation

      8. Section 8: Commencement or repeal of amending provisions

      9. Section 9: The alternative vote system: amendments

   2. Part 2: Parliamentary constituencies

      1. Section 10: Boundary Commissions: Reports etc

      2. Section 11: Number and distribution of seats

      3. Section 12: Boundary Commission proposals: publicity and consultation

      4. Section 13: National Assembly for Wales

      5. Section 14: Review of reduction in number of constituencies

   3. Part 3: Miscellaneous and General

   4. Schedule 1: Further provisions about the referendum

   5. Schedule 2: Rules for conduct of the referendum

   6. Schedule 3: Absent voting in the referendum

      1. Part 1 – Great Britain

      2. Part 2 –Northern Ireland

   7. Schedule 4: Application to the referendum of existing provisions

   8. Schedule 5: Combination of polls: England

   9. Schedule 6: Combination of polls: Wales

   10. Schedule 7: Combination of Polls: Scotland

   11. Schedule 8: Combination of Polls: Northern Ireland

   12. Schedule 9: Control of loans etc to permitted participants

   13. Schedule 10: The alternative vote system: further amendments

       1. Part 1: Amendments of the Parliamentary Elections Rules

       2. Part 2: Amendments of other provisions of the 1983 Act

       3. Part 3: Amendments of other enactments

   14. Schedule 11: Public hearings about Boundary Commissions Proposals

   15. Schedule 12: Repeals

6. Commencement

7. Hansard References