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  Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill - Second Reading
  
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  The majority of MPs voted for the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill[1] to be read a second time ie. for it to continue on its path towards becoming law. 
  
  :The Bill provides for the next General Election to be held under the Alternative Vote system, provided this change is endorsed in a referendum on 5 May 2011 and boundary changes have been made to reduce the size of the House of Commons to 600.[2]
  
  
  
  *  [1] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmbills/063/11063.i-ii.html Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill as introduced on the 22nd of July 2010] 
  *  [2] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-11/parliamentaryvotingsystemandconstituencies.html Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill 2010-11] UK Parliament page showing progress of the bill
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