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  Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill - Minimum of 35 MPs for Wales
  
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  @ MP voted aye for a minimum of 35 MPs for Wales.
  @ MP voted no against requiring a minimum of 35 MPs for Wales.
  
  The majority of members of the House of Lords voted against requiring a minimum of 35 MPs for Wales.
  
  The House of Lords was considering the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill[1]. The motion rejected in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment 89BA: Clause 11, page 11, line 26, at end insert-
  
  :"(5) If the number of constituencies allocated to Wales under sub-paragraph (3) is fewer than 35, an additional allocation shall be made to Wales to ensure that it has 35 constituencies.
  
  :(6) Where an additional allocation is made under sub-paragraph (5) above, sub-paragraph (7) shall apply in place of rule 2.
  
  :(7) The electorate of any constituency in Wales shall be-
  
  :(a) no less than 95% of the Welsh electoral quota; and
  
  :(b) no more than 105% of that quota;
  
  :the "Wales electoral quota" meaning W/P, where W is the electorate of Wales and P is the number of constituencies allocated to Wales."
  
  
  
  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-11/parliamentaryvotingsystemandconstituencies.html Parliament's webpage on the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill]
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