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  Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill - Date of Referendum on Alternative Vote System for Electing MPs
  
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  @ MP voted aye to allow the referendum on moving to use the "alternative vote" system for electing MPs to be held any time before 31 October 2011 rather than specifying the precise date in law. 
  
  @ MP voted no to specify the precise date of the referendum on moving to use the "alternative vote" system for electing MPs in law rather the law stating the referendum is to be held any time before 31 October 2011
  
  The majority of members of the House of Lords voted allow the referendum on moving to use the "alternative vote" system for electing MPs to be held any time before 31 October 2011 rather than specifying the date in law.  
  
  The House of Lords was considering the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill[1]. The amendment accepted in this vote was:
  
  
  :Amendment 5: Clause 1, page 1, line 6, leave out "on 5 May" and insert "before 31 October"
  
  This would have affected Clause 1(2) of the Bill[2] which at the time of the vote stated:
  
  :The referendum must be held on 5 May 2011.
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-11/parliamentaryvotingsystemandconstituencies.html Parliament's webpage on the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201011/ldbills/026/11026.i-ii.html Version of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill as at the time of the vote]
  
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