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  Elections Bill - New Clause 2 - Permissible Donors
  
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  @ MP voted aye to ban political parties in the United Kingdom from accepting donations from overseas electors. 
  
  @ MP voted not to ban political parties in the United Kingdom from accepting donations from overseas electors. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to ban political parties in the United Kingdom from accepting donations from overseas electors. 
  
  An overseas elector is a registered elector not resident in the United Kingdom. 
  
  MPs were considering the Elections Bill.[1][2][3]
  
  The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was titled: ''Permissible donors'' and stated:
  
  :(1) [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/41/section/54 Section 54 (permissible donors) of PPERA] is amended as follows.
  
  :(2) In subsection (2)(a), after âregisterâ insert âat the time at which the donation is made, but not an individual so registered as an overseas elector;
  
  
  The rejected new clause was accompanied by the following statement from its proposer:
  
  :This new clause would prevent overseas electors donating to political parties in the UK.
  
  The clause the rejected amendment would have impacted stated the following is a permissible donor:
  
  :an individual registered in an electoral register
  
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  * [1] [https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3020 Parliament's webpage on the Elections Bill], Parliament.uk
  * [2] [https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3020/publications Elections Bill as amended in Committee, 27 October 2021], Parliament.uk
  * [3] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0138/en/210138en.pdf Explanatory notes to the Elections Bill, 5 July 2021], Parliament.uk
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