division_name: Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill (Programme) (No. 4) &#8212; Clause 11 &#8212; number and distribution of seats
motion: <p pid="b.692.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes">Question accordingly negatived.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.692.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.692.1/3" pwmotiontext="yes">Amendment 183, page 10, leave out lines 18 to 25 and insert-</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="b.692.1/4" pwmotiontext="yes"> 'Whole numbers of constituencies</p>
  
  <p pid="b.692.1/5" pwmotiontext="yes">6 (1) The following shall be allocated whole numbers of constituencies by whichever Boundary Commission is responsible for them-</p>
  
  <p pid="b.692.1/6" pwmotiontext="yes">(a) Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands council areas;</p>
  
  <p pid="b.692.1/7" pwmotiontext="yes">(b) Comhairle nan Eilean Siar council area;</p>
  
  <p pid="b.692.1/8" pwmotiontext="yes">(c) the Cyngor Sir Ynys M&#244;n Isle of Anglesey county area;</p>
  
  <p pid="b.692.1/9" pwmotiontext="yes">(d) the Isle of Wight county area;</p>
  
  <p pid="b.692.1/10" pwmotiontext="yes">(e) the County of Cornwall and Isles of Scilly council areas;</p>
  
  <p pid="b.692.1/11" pwmotiontext="yes">(f) the Highland Council area;</p>
  
  <p pid="b.692.1/12" pwmotiontext="yes">(g) the Argyll and Bute Council area.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.692.1/13" pwmotiontext="yes">(2) The number of constituencies to be allocated to each area shall be determined by dividing the electorate of the area or areas concerned by the United Kingdom Electoral Average and rounding to the nearest whole number, unless this would mean that rule 4(1) could not be satisfied, in which case the area concerned will be allocated the smallest number of constituencies required in order to satisfy that rule. Each area must be allocated at least one whole constituency.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.692.1/14" pwmotiontext="yes">(3) In this rule "United Kingdom Electoral Average" means (where E is the electorate of the United Kingdom)-</p>
  
  <p pid="b.692.1/15" pwmotiontext="yes">E / 600 .'.-<i> (Mr Kennedy)</i></p>
  
  <p pid="b.692.1/16" pwmotiontext="yes"><i> Question put, </i>That the amendment be made.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.692.1/17" pwmotiontext="yes"><i> The House divided:</i> Ayes 257, Noes 315.</p>