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  Disenfranchisement of All Residents of Scotland In Event of Scottish Referendum In Favour of Independence
  
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  @ MP voted aye to immediately prevent all residents of Scotland voting in UK general elections in the event of a Scottish referendum deciding in favour of an independent Scotland.
  @ MP voted no against immediately preventing all residents of Scotland voting in UK general elections in the event of a Scottish referendum deciding in favour of an independent Scotland.
  
  The majority of MPs voted against immediately preventing all residents of Scotland voting in UK general elections in the event of a Scottish referendum deciding in favour of an independent Scotland.
  
  The motion rejected in this vote was:
  
  :That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Representation of the People Act 1983 to disenfranchise all residents of Scotland eligible to vote in any United Kingdom General Election held after 18 September 2014 in the event of a positive vote in the Scottish Independence referendum;
  and for connected purposes.
  
  During the debate leading up to the vote John Stevenson MP explained why he was proposing the Bill which was the subject of the vote[1]:
  
  :If, on 18 September, there is a majority vote for independence, Scotland would not suddenly become an independent country: negotiations would have to take place; treaties would have to be signed; Acts of Parliament would have to be passed; political and practical arrangements would have to be put in to place; and then, probably at some time in 2016, a formal separation would take effect. But what would happen in the 2015 general election?
  :For a number of reasons that I wish to discuss today, I believe it would be unacceptable to this House and to the remaining parts of the United Kingdom for Scottish MPs to be returned to this Parliament in 2015 after a yes vote.
  
  
  * [1] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2014-03-25c.156.0#g156.2 John Stevenson MP, (Carlisle, Conservative), House of Commons, 25 March 2014]
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