Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011

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Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 is a UK law that reformed rules on parliamentary constituency boundaries and provided for a referendum on adopting the Alternative Vote system for elections to the House of Commons.

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Label	Occurrences
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 canonical	8
An Act to make provision for the holding of a referendum on the voting system for parliamentary elections and to make provision about the number and size of constituencies for the House of Commons; and for connected purposes	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
amends	Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 ⓘ
appliesToBody	House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: House of Commons
boundaryCommissionsAffected	Boundary Commission for England ⓘ Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland ⓘ Boundary Commission for Scotland ⓘ Boundary Commission for Wales ⓘ
citation	2011 c. 1 ⓘ
containsPart	Part 1: Voting system for parliamentary elections ⓘ Part 2: Parliamentary constituencies ⓘ
containsSchedule	Schedule 1: Referendum on the voting system for parliamentary elections ⓘ Schedule 2: Rules for redistribution of seats ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currentSystemAddressed	First-past-the-post ⓘ
electoralEventLinked	Northern Ireland local elections ⓘ surface form: 2011 United Kingdom local elections
electorate	United Kingdom parliamentary electorate ⓘ
government	Cameron–Clegg coalition government ⓘ
introducedBy	Mark Harper ⓘ Nick Clegg ⓘ
jurisdiction	England ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ
legislature	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
longTitle	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: An Act to make provision for the holding of a referendum on the voting system for parliamentary elections and to make provision about the number and size of constituencies for the House of Commons; and for connected purposes
partOf	United Kingdom constitutional law ⓘ
policyArea	constitutional reform ⓘ elections ⓘ
previousNumberOfConstituencies	650 ⓘ
primaryPurpose	Provide for a referendum on the voting system for UK parliamentary elections ⓘ Reform rules on UK parliamentary constituency boundaries ⓘ
providesFor	2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum ⓘ
referendumDate	2011-05-05 ⓘ
relatedTo	Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (repealed but historically related) ⓘ surface form: Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 ⓘ
requires	Regular boundary reviews by Boundary Commissions ⓘ
resultOfReferendum	Alternative Vote proposal rejected ⓘ First-past-the-post system retained for House of Commons elections ⓘ
royalAssentDate	2011-02-16 ⓘ
sectionCountApproximate	100+ ⓘ
setsNumberOfConstituencies	600 ⓘ
shortTitle	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 self-link ⓘ
sponsorHouse	House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: House of Commons
status	Amended ⓘ
subject	electoral reform ⓘ parliamentary constituencies ⓘ voting systems ⓘ
typeOfReferendum	UK-wide advisory referendum ⓘ
votingSystemProposed	Alternative Vote ⓘ
yearEnacted	2011 ⓘ

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Boundary Commission for England → legalBasis → Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 ⓘ

Boundary Commission for Wales → legalBasis → Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 ⓘ

Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland → follows → Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 ⓘ

House of Commons constituencies in England → governingLaw → Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 ⓘ

Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 → amendedBy → Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 ⓘ

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 → shortTitle → Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 self-link ⓘ

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 → longTitle → Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: An Act to make provision for the holding of a referendum on the voting system for parliamentary elections and to make provision about the number and size of constituencies for the House of Commons; and for connected purposes

Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies → legislativeBasis → Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 ⓘ

2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum → legalBasis → Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 ⓘ