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  Trade Union Bill - New Clause 2 - Workplace Ballots and Ballots by Electronic Means
  
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  @ MP voted aye to allow trade unions to hold workplace ballots electronically. 
  @ MP voted against allowing trade unions to hold workplace ballots electronically. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted against allowing trade unions to hold workplace ballots electronically. 
  
  MPs were considering the Trade Union Bill[1]. 
  
  The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was titled ''Workplace ballots and ballots by electronic means''[2]; it sought to provide for workplace ballots including on industrial action and for union positions to be held electronically. The clause also sought to require the co-operation of employers, and to prevent employers interfering or surveilling the process. 
  
  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/tradeunion.html Parliament's webpage on the Trade Union Bill]
  * [2] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2015-11-10a.299.7 Trade Union Bill - New Clause 2 - Workplace Ballots and Ballots by Electronic Means, Official Record, House of Commons, 10 November 2015]
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