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  Electoral Registration and Administration Bill - New Clause on Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries
  
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  @ MP voted no to postpone reviewing the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies until 2018 and also to delay a review into the effect of reducing the number of MPs
  @ MP voted aye against postponing a review of the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies until 2018 and against delaying a review of the effect of reducing the number of MPs
  
  The majority of MPs voted to postpone a review of boundaries of parliamentary constituencies from 2013 to 2018; and also to postpone a review into the effect of reducing the number of constituencies (and MPs) from 2015 to 2020. 
  
  At the time of the vote the section 10 (2) (3) of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 required a [http://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk Boundary Commission] report following a review of constituency boundaries to be produced by October 2013.[1] 
  
  The amendment being voted on was introduced and approved in the Lords. MPs voted on the question of if to disagree with the change made by the lords. 
  
  MPs voted on the motion:
  
  "That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 5"
  
  Lords amendment 5[2] would have added the following new clause after clause 5: 
  
  "Amendment of Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986
   	
  (1)    In section [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/56/section/3 3(2)(a) of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986] (timing of Boundary Commission reports), for âbefore 1st October 2013â substitute âbefore 1st October 2018 but not before 1st September 2018â.
   	
  (2)    In [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/11/enacted section 11(2) of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011], for â1 October 2013â substitute â1 October 2018â.
   	
  (3)    In [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/14/enacted section 14(3) of that Act], for â2015â (in both places) substitute â2020â .â
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  The Conservative - Liberal Democrat coalition's agreed Programme for Government included a bill "for the creation of fewer and more equal sized constituencies". [3] Those MPs voting "no" in this vote were voting against this element of the coalition's agreed programme.
  
  * [1] [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/section/10/enacted Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 - Section 10]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2012-2013/0127/13127.1-4.html#top Lords Amendments to the Bill as of 25 January 2013] 
  * [3] [http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100919110641/http://programmeforgovernment.hmg.gov.uk/political-reform/index.html The Coalition: our programme for government - Section on political reform via the National Archives] 
  
  
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