Introduction
Overview of the Act
Summary
Part 1: Voting system for parliamentary elections
Part 2: Parliamentary constituencies
Background
General
Territorial Extent and Application
Commentary on Sections
Section 1: Referendum on the alternative vote system
Section 2: Entitlement to vote in the referendum
Section 3: Conduct of the referendum
Section 4: Combination of poll
Section 5: Press comment etc not subject to spending controls
Section 6: Control of loans etc to permitted participants
Section 7: Interpretation
Section 8: Commencement or repeal of amending provisions
Section 9: The alternative vote system: amendments
Section 10: Boundary Commissions: Reports etc
Section 11: Number and distribution of seats
Section 12: Boundary Commission proposals: publicity and consultation
Section 13: National Assembly for Wales
Section 14: Review of reduction in number of constituencies
Part 3: Miscellaneous and General
Schedule 1: Further provisions about the referendum
Schedule 2: Rules for conduct of the referendum
Schedule 3: Absent voting in the referendum
Part 1 – Great Britain
Part 2 –Northern Ireland
Schedule 4: Application to the referendum of existing provisions
Schedule 5: Combination of polls: England
Schedule 6: Combination of polls: Wales
Schedule 7: Combination of Polls: Scotland
Schedule 8: Combination of Polls: Northern Ireland
Schedule 9: Control of loans etc to permitted participants
Schedule 10: The alternative vote system: further amendments
Part 1: Amendments of the Parliamentary Elections Rules
Part 2: Amendments of other provisions of the 1983 Act
Part 3: Amendments of other enactments
Schedule 11: Public hearings about Boundary Commissions Proposals
Schedule 12: Repeals
Commencement
Hansard References