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  Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill - Cap on Total Population of Parliamentary Constituency
  
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  @ MP voted aye to cap on the total population of a parliamentary constituency at 130% of the mean (excluding two exceptional constituencies)
  @ MP voted no against capping the total population of a parliamentary constituency at 130% of the mean (excluding two exceptional constituencies)
  
  
  The majority of members of the House of Lords voted against capping the total population of a parliamentary constituency at 130% of the mean (excluding two exceptional constituencies)
  
  
  The House of Lords was considering the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill[1]. The amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment 65B Page 9, line 23, after ârulesâ insert â2A,â
  
  This would have had effect on Clause 11 of the Bill and sought to add a new element to the rule setting the number of electors in a constituency between 95% and 105% of the mean electorate of those constituencies subject to the rule (Na h-Eileanan an Iar and Orkney and Shetland were to be exempted), the new rule 2A, introduced by a later amendment, was to state[2]:
  
  :â2A No constituency shall have a total population which is more than 130% of the electoral quota.â
  
  
  
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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/amend/ml026-x.htm Amendment sheet for consideration of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill on the 19th of January 2011]
  
  
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