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  Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill - Clause 1 - Referendum on the alternative vote system
  
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  MPs were considering the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill[1]. The motion approved by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That this that this House insists on its disagreement with the Lords in their amendments 1 and 8, but proposes amendment (a) in lieu.
  
  Lords amendment 1 stated[2]:
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  : â(1A)  If less than 40% of the electorate vote in the referendum, the result shall not be binding.â
  
  amendment 8 defined "electorate", "turnout" and "vote" for the purpose of calculating if the threshold has been reached. 
  
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-12/parliamentaryvotingsystemandconstituencies.html Parliament's website on the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill (now an Act)]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmbills/147/2011147.1-6.html Lords amendments to the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill]
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