General elections

Voting system in Great Britain
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1
The system of election of MEPs in an electoral region in Great Britain is to be a regional list system.
2
The Secretary of State must by regulations—
a
make provision for the nomination of registered parties in relation to an election in such a region, and
b
require a nomination under paragraph (a) to be accompanied by a list of candidates numbering no more than the MEPs to be elected for the region.
3
The system of election must comply with the following conditions.
4
A vote may be cast for a registered party or an individual candidate named on the ballot paper.
5
The first seat is to be allocated to the party or individual candidate with the greatest number of votes.
6
The second and subsequent seats are to be allocated in the same way, except that the number of votes given to a party to which one or more seats have already been allocated are to be divided by the number of seats allocated plus one.
7
In allocating the second or any subsequent seat there are to be disregarded any votes given to—
a
a party to which there has already been allocated a number of seats equal to the number of names on the party’s list of candidates, and
b
an individual candidate to whom a seat has already been allocated.
8
Seats allocated to a party are to be filled by the persons named on the party’s list of candidates in the order in which they appear on that list.
9
For the purposes of subsection (6) fractions are to be taken into account.
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In this section “registered party” means a party registered under Part 2 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41).