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  Fixed-term Parliaments Bill â Clause 1 - Four Year Fixed Term
  
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  @MP voted no not to reduce the the fixed-term length of a parliament to four years, from the originally proposed five years. 
  @MP voted aye to reduce the the fixed-term length of a parliament to four years, from the originally proposed five years. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted against a proposal to hold general elections every four years, rather than every five years. 
  
  An amendment to the Fixed-term Parliaments Bill[1] was proposed by Jonathan Edwards MP(Plaid Cymru, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
  :page 1, line 7, leave out 'fifth' and insert 'fourth'.
  
  The clause the amendment proposed changing originally stated[2]:
  
  :The polling day for each subsequent parliamentary general election is to be the first Thursday in May in the fifth calendar year following that in which the polling day for the previous parliamentary general election fell.
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-11/fixedtermparliaments.html Fixed-Term Parliaments Bill â official page on UK Parliament website]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmbills/064/11064.1-7.html#Ordinary%20elections%20reset%20version Text of the Fixed-Term Parliaments Bill as introduced]
  
  
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