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  Referendum on Proportional Representation
  
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  @MP voted no in favour of holding a referendum on any proposed change to the voting system used to elect members of the House of Commons and for a debate on the Jenkins System.
  @MP voted aye against holding a referendum on any proposed change to the voting system used to elect members of the House of Commons and against a debate on the Jenkins System.
  
  The majority of MPs voted in favour of holding a referendum on any proposed change to the voting system used to elect members of the House of Commons.  The majority of MPs also supported a national debate on the "Jenkins system"[1]; a mixed system of Alternative Vote, combined with Top-up seats.
  
  
  The approved motion read:
  That this House 
  :''recognises'' that different electoral systems may be appropriate for elections to different institutions; 
  :''commends'' the Government's commitment to let the final decision on the voting system for the House of Commons be made by the people in a referendum; and 
  :''welcomes'' the Government's approach which allows for a full debate in the country on the merits of the Jenkins system[1] before a referendum is held.
  
  *  [1] [http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/rp98/rp98-112.pdf The Jenkins Report on Voting Systems 10 December 1998] 
  
  
  
  
  
  
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