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  Fixed-term Parliaments Bill - Clause 1 - 2014 General Election
  
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  @MP voted aye to bring the date of the next general election forward by a year to 1 May 2014.
  @MP voted no against bringing the date of the next general election forward by a year to 1 May 2014.
  
  The majority of MPs voted against bringing the date of the next general election forward by a year to 1 May 2014.
  
  MPs rejected an amendment to the Fixed-term Parliaments Bill[1] which stated:
  
  :page 1, line 5, leave out '7 May 2015' and insert '1 May 2014'.
  
  In the bill as introduced[2] the relevant clause stated:
  	
  :The polling day for the next parliamentary general election after the passing of this Act is to be 7 May 2015.
  
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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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