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  European Union Referendum Bill - Clause 4 - Holding Referendum of UK Remaining A Member of the EU on Same Day as Other Polls
  
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  @ MP voted aye to prevent the referendum on the UK remaining a member of the EU to being held on the same day as other elections.
  @ MP voted no to allow the referendum on the UK remaining a member of the EU to be held on the same day as other elections.
  
  The majority of MPs voted to allow the referendum on the UK remaining a member of the EU to be held on the same day as other elections.
  
  
  
  
  MPs were considering the European Union Referendum Bill[1].
  
  The amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment 3, in clause 4, page 2, line 39, leave out subsection (2) and insertâ
  
  :â(2) The referendum shall not be held on the same day as:
  
  :(a) elections to the Scottish Parliament;
  
  :(b) elections to the National Assembly for Wales;
  
  :(c) elections for the Mayor of London; or
  
  :(d) local authority electionsâ. 
  
  An explanatory statement accompanying the 
  
  The amendment would prevent the referendum being held on the same day as Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales, London mayoral or local authority elections
  
  Subsection 2 of clause 4 which would have been replaced had this amendment not been rejected empowered ministers to make regulations combining the referendum on the UK remaining a member of the EU with other referenda or elections.
  
  
  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/europeanunionreferendum.html Parliament's web page on the European Union Referendum Bill]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2015-2016/0002/cbill_2015-20160002_en_2.htm#pb1-l1g4 Clause 4 of the European Union Referendum Bill as at the time of the vote.]
  
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