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  Electoral Integrity
  
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  <p>This division took place at the end of a Conservative opposition day debate on the electoral system, concentrating on postal voting and electoral registration. The motion which the Conservatives proposed was:</p>
  
  <p class="indent">That this House believes that the Government should rule out future use of all-postal voting and that any pilot schemes should be subject to explicit parliamentary ratification; regrets the unwillingness of the Government to adopt in mainland Britain the tried and tested Northern Ireland system of individual voter registration; condemns the Government's constitutional changes which have undermined democratic accountability, such as the introduction of proportional representation; and further believes that urgent steps are needed to restore public confidence and integrity in the electoral system and to increase the accountability of government.</p>
  
  <p>The government moved an amendment to change this motion to:</p>
  
  <p class="indent">"That this House believes that the General and local elections were safe and secure, and produced results that were fair and accurate; recognises that public confidence in the electoral process is paramount; and believes that the Government's constitutional changes have strengthened democratic accountability, bringing our institutions closer to the people."</p>
  
  <p>The House had just <a href=http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2005-06-22&number=18>defeated</a> a motion to keep the original wording, and the question in this division was therefore whether to agree the amendment. Under the Standing Orders, if the amendment was agreed to then the motion as amended would be passed without a further vote. Aye voters were therefore approving the wording of the amendment, and no voters were disagreeing with it.</p>
  
  
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