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  Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) (Amendment) Order 2010
  
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  @ MP voted aye to update local election procedures in Northern Ireland; introducing greater consistency with European and parliamentary elections. 
  @ MP voted no against updating local election procedures in Northern Ireland; a proposal which was aimed at introducing greater consistency with European and parliamentary elections. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted to update local election procedures in Northern Ireland; introducing greater consistency with European and parliamentary elections. 
  
  
  When introducing this order to the House of Commons Hugo Swire MP explained[1] that: "some minor procedural updates have been applied to European and parliamentary elections that, for consistency, should also be applied to Assembly elections." Attention was drawn to the following provisions:
  
  * Article 3 of the order makes provision to allow a candidate standing in the name of two or more parties to have one of those party's emblems on the ballot paper.
  * Article 3 also enables a person who cannot sign his or her signature to use a mark in place of any signature required at the nomination stage.
  * Article 4 requires individuals to give reasons if they request their absent vote to be sent to a different address from that at which they are registered. 
  
  The vote technically approved the following motion:
  :That the draft [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2892/made Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) (Amendment) Order 2010][2], which was laid before this House on 25 October be approved.
  
  This was a deferred division; as when [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debate/?id=2010-11-17b.1023.1 when the motion was first put to the Commons] on the 17th of November 2010 it was contested (ie. some MPs shouted "No") and it was after latest time set at which the Commons standing orders allows divisions to be held on such motions. This time beyond which most divisions cannot take place is called "moment for interruption" and is defined in Standing Order 9(3)[3] as: "ten oâclock on Mondays and Tuesdays, at seven oâclock on Wednesdays and at six oâclock on Thursdays".  The standing order describing the procedures for deferred divisions is Standing Order No. 41A[3]. The division took place on the 24th of November 2010. 
  
  This division was preceded by a [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2010-11-24&number=126 division on the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2010], another piece of secondary legislation which updated the rules for local elections in Northern Ireland. 
  
  * [1] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2010-11-17b.1007.0#g1007.2 Hugo Swire, Minister of State, Northern Ireland, House of Commons, 17th November 2010 ]
  * [2] [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2892/made Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) (Amendment) Order 2010 ]
  * [3] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmstords/700/700.pdf House of Commons Standing Orders for Public Business] - PDF
  
  
  
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