Annex C - Progress of Bill Table
- This Annex shows how each section and Schedule of the Act was numbered during the passage of the Bill through Parliament.
Section of the Act Act as Introduced in the Commons Act as amended in Committee in the Commons Act as introduced in the Lords Act as amended in Committee in the Lords Act as amended on Report in the Lords Section 1 (Voter Identification) Clause 1 Clause 1 Clause 1 Clause 1 Clause 1 Section 2 (Power to make regulations about registration, absent voting and other matters) N/A N/A Clause 2 Clause 2 Clause 2 Section 3 (Restriction of period for which person can apply for postal vote) Clause 2 Clause 2 Clause 3 Clause 3 Clause 3 Section 4 (Handling of postal voting documents by political campaigners) Clause 3 Clause 3 Clause 4 Clause 4 Clause 4 Section 5 (Handing in postal voting documents) Clause 4 Clause 4 Clause 5 Clause 5 Clause 5 Section 6 (Limit on number of electors for whom a proxy can vote) Clause 5 Clause 5 Clause 6 Clause 6 Clause 6 Section 7 (Requirement of secrecy) Clause 6 Clause 6 Clause 7 Clause 7 Clause 7 Section 8 (Undue influence) Clause 7 Clause 7 Clause 8 Clause 8 Clause 8 Section 9 (Assistance with voting for persons with disabilities) Clause 8 Clause 8 Clause 9 Clause 9 Clause 9 Section 10 (Candidate nomination paper: commonly used names) N/A N/A N/A N/A Clause 10 Section 11 (Home address form: statement of local authority area) N/A N/A N/A Clause 10 Clause 11 Section 12 (Local elections and Assembly elections in Northern Ireland) Clause 9 Clause 9 Clause 10 Clause 11 Clause 12 Section 13 (Simple majority system to be used in elections for certain offices) N/A Clause 10 Clause 11 Clause 12 Clause 13 Section 14 (Extension of franchise for parliamentary elections: British citizens overseas) Clause 10 Clause 11 Clause 12 Clause 13 Clause 14 Section 15 (Voting and candidacy rights of EU citizens) Clause 11 Clause 12 Clause 13 Clause 14 Clause 15 Section 16 Strategy and policy statement Clause 12 Clause 13 Clause 14 Clause 15 Clause 16 Section 17 Examination of duty to have regard to strategy and policy statement Clause 13 Clause 14 Clause 15 Clause 16 Clause 17
