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  Recall of MPs Bill - Clause 1 - If Conviction of MP for Misconduct in Public Office Should Trigger New Election
  
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  @ MP voted aye to make an MP's conviction for misconduct in public office trigger a new election for an MP in that constituency.  
  @ MP voted no against making an MP's conviction for misconduct in public office trigger a new election for an MP in that constituency. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted against making an MP's conviction for misconduct in public office trigger a new election for an MP in that constituency.  This route to "recall" would have been added to the ways of triggering a new election already in the Bill which were an MP being convicted and sentenced to a period of imprisonment; or being suspended from the House of Commons for 10 sitting days (or 14 days).
  
  
  MPs were considering the Recall of MPs Bill[1]. 
  
  The amendment rejected in this vote stated:
  
  :page 2, line 9, at end insertâ
  
  :â( ) A further recall condition (misconduct in public office) is thatâ
  :(a) the MP has, after becoming an MP, been convicted of the common law offence of misconduct in public office, and
  :(b) the appeal period expires without the conviction having been overturned on appeal.
  :Sections 2 to 4 contain more about this recall condition
  
  Had it not been rejected this would have added a the above text containing the new recall condition to clause 1[2] of the Bill. 
  
  The motion rejected by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That the amendment be made.
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2014-15/recallofmps.html Parliament's webpage on the recall of MPs Bill]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2014-2015/0113/cbill_2014-20150113_en_2.htm#pb1-l1g1 Clause one of the Recall of MPs Bill prior to the vote]
  
  
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