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  Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill - Second Reading
  
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  @ MP voted aye in favour of a referendum on using the Alternative Vote system in general elections and for parliamentary constituency boundary changes which would have reduced the number of MPs from 650 to 600. 
  
  @ MP voted no against a referendum on using the Alternative Vote system in general elections and for parliamentary constituency boundary changes which would have reduced the number of MPs from 650 to 600. 
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted for the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill[1] to be read a second time ie. for it to continue on its path towards becoming law. 
  
  The Bill provides for the next UK General Election to be held under the Alternative Vote system, provided this change is endorsed in a referendum on 5 May 2011 and boundary changes have been made to reduce the size of the House of Commons to 600[2]. The result of the referendum was to keep the current First Past The Post system[3].
  
  See also a [https://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2013-01-29&number=146 subsequent vote in January 2013 which delayed the boundary review process]
  
  *  [1] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmbills/063/11063.i-ii.html Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill as introduced on the 22nd of July 2010] 
  *  [2] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-11/parliamentaryvotingsystemandconstituencies.html Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill 2010-11] UK Parliament page showing progress of the bill
  *  [3] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_Alternative_Vote_referendum,_2011 The Wikipedia entry for the May 2011 referendum]
  
  
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