§ Amendment proposed: In page 6, line 24, leave out the word "other" and insert instead thereof the word "un-excluded."—[Mr. Clynes.]
§ Question put, "That the Amendment be made."
§ The House divided: Ayes, 233; Noes, 190.
2347| Division No. 264.] | AYES. | [10.54 p.m. |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Ammon, Charles George | Barnes, Alfred John |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Angell, Sir Norman | Barr, James |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Arnott, John | Benn, Rt. Hon. Wedgwood |
| Aitchison, Rt. Hon. Craigle M. | Aske, Sir Robert | Bennett, Sir E. N. (Cardiff, Central) |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (Hillsbro') | Attlee, Clement Richard | Bennett, William (Battersea, South) |
| Alpass, J. H. | Baker, John (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Benson, G. |
| Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) | Jenkins, Sir William | Picton-Turbervill, Edith |
| Birkett, W. Norman | Jones, Llewellyn., F. | Potts, John S. |
| Bondfield, Rt. Hon. Margaret | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Pybus, Percy John |
| Bowen, J. W. | Kedward, R. M. (Kent, Ashford) | Quibell, D. J. K. |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Kelly, W. T. | Ramsay, T. B. Wilson |
| Broad, Francis Alfred | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Rathbone, Eleanor |
| Bromley, J. | Kirkwood, D. | Raynes, W. R. |
| Brooke, W. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George (S. Molton) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) |
| Brothers, M. | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Ritson, J. |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts, Mansfield) | Lathan, G. (Sheffield, Park) | Romerll, H. G. |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Law, Albert (Bolton) | Rosbotham, D. S. T. |
| Burgess, F. G. | Law, A. (Rossendale) | Rothschild, J. de |
| Buxton, C. R. (Yorks, W. R. Elland) | Lawrence, Susan | Rowson, Guy |
| Caine, Hall., Dement | Leach, W. | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Cape, Thomas | Lee, Frank (Derby, N. E.) | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) |
| Carter, W. (St. Pancras, S. W.) | Lee, Jennie (Lanark, Northern) | Samuel, H. Walter (Swansea, West) |
| Charleton, H. C. | Lees, J. | Sanders, W. S. |
| Chater, Daniel | Leonard, W. | Sandham, E. |
| Church, Major A. G. | Lewis, T. (Southampton) | Sawyer, G. F. |
| Clarke, J. S. | Lindley, Fred W. | Scott, James |
| Cluse, W. S. | Lloyd, C. Ellis | Scurr, John |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Longbottom, A. W. | Sexton, Sir James |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Longden, F. | Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. |
| Cove, William G. | Lovat-Fraser, J. A. | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | Lunn, William | Sherwood, G. H. |
| Dangar, George | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Dallas, George | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Shillaker, J. F. |
| Dalton, Hugh | MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) | Shinwell, E. |
| Davies, E. C. (Montgomery) | McElwee, A. | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Davies, D. L. (Pontypridd) | McEntee, V. L. | Simmons, C. J. |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | McKinlay, A. | Sinclair, Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Day, Harry | MacLaren, Andrew | Stich, Charles H. |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Maclean, Sir Donald (Cornwall, N.) | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Dudgeon, Major C. R. | MacNeill-Weir, L. | Smith, Frank (Nuneaton) |
| Duncan, Charles | McShane, John James | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Ede, James Chuter | Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Smith, Tom (Pontefract) |
| Edmunds, J. E. | Mander, Geoffrey le M. | Smith, W. R. (Norwich) |
| Edwards, E. (Morpeth) | Manning, E. L. | Snowden, Thomas (Accrington) |
| Elmley, Viscount | Mansfield, W. | Stamford, Thomas W. |
| Foot, Isaac | March, S. | Strachey, E. J. St. Loe |
| Gardner, B. W. (West Ham, Upton) | Marcus, M. | Strauss, G. R. |
| Gardner, J. P. (Hammersmith, N.) | Markham, S. F. | Sullivan, J. |
| George, Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd (Car'vn) | Marley, J. | Sutton, J. E. |
| George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesea) | Marshall, Fred | Taylor, R. A. (Lincoln) |
| Gill, T. H. | Mathers, George | Taylor, W. B. (Norfolk, S. W.) |
| Gossling, A. G. | Matters, L. W. | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Gould, F. | Messer, Fred | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Gray, Milner | Middleton, G. | Townend, A. E. |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. (Colne). | Millar, J. D. | Vaughan, David |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Mills, J. E. | Viant, S. P. |
| Griffith, F. Kingsley (Middlesbro' W.) | Milner, Major J. | Walkden, A. G. |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Montague, Frederick | Walker, J. |
| Groves, Thomas E. | Morgan, Dr. H. B. | Wallace, H. W. |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Morris, Rhys Hopkins | Watkins, F. C. |
| Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Hackney, S.) | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermilne) |
| Hall, Capt. W. G. (Portsmouth, C.) | Morrison, Robert C. (Tottenham, N.) | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Hamilton, Mary Agnes (Blackburn) | Mort, D. L. | Welsh, James (Paisley) |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Zetland) | Muggeridge, H. T. | West, F. R. |
| Harbord, A. | Murnin, Hugh | Westwodd, Joseph |
| Hardie, George D. | Nathan, Major H. L. | Whiteley, Wilfrid (Birm., Ladywood) |
| Harris, Percy A. | Naylor, T. E. | Whiteley, William (Blaydon) |
| Haycock, A. W. | Noel-Buxton, Baroness (Norfolk, N.) | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Hayday, Arthur | Oldfield, J. R. | Williams, E. J. (Ogmore) |
| Hayes, John Henry | Oliver, George Harold (Ilkeston) | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Henderson, Arthur, Junr, (Cardiff, S.) | Oliver, P. M. (Man., Blackley) | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Henderson, W. W. (Middx., Enfield) | Owen, Major G. (Carnarvon) | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Herriotts, J. | Palin, John Henry | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Hoffman, P. C. | Paling, Wilfrid | Winterton, G. E.(Leicester, Loughb'nn) |
| Hopkin, Daniel | Palmer, E. T. | Wocd, Major McKenzie (Banff) |
| Horrabin, J. F. | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Young, R. S. (Islington, North) |
| Hudson, James H. (Huddersfield) | Perry, S. F. | |
| Hunter, Dr. Joseph | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Isaacs, George | Phillips, Dr. Marion | Mr. Charles Edwards and Mr. T. Henderson. |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Atkinson, C. | Bevan, S. J. (Holborn) |
| Albery, Irving James | Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley (Bewdley) | Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman |
| Alexander, Sir Wm. (Glasgow, Cent'l) | Balfour, Captain H. H. (I. of Thanet) | Bird, Ernest Roy |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. Sir William (Armagh) | Balniel, Lord | Boothby, R. J. G. |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Bourne, Captain Robert Croft |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Beaumont, M. W. | Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart |
| Astor, Maj. Hon. John J.(Kent, Dover) | Bellairs, Commander Carlyon | Bowyer, Captain Sir George E. W. |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Betterton, Sir Henry B. | Boyce, Leslie |
| Bracken, B. | Gibson, C. G. (Pudsey & Otley) | O'Connor, T. J. |
| Brass, Captain Sir William | Gilmour, Lt.-Cot. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | O'Neill, Sir H. |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Gower, Sir Robert | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Grace, John | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Buchan, John | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Preston, Sir Walter Rueben |
| Butler, R. A. | Greene, W. P. Crawford | Ramsbotham, H. |
| Butt, Sir Alfred | Grenfell, Edward C. (City of London) | Reid, David D. (County Down) |
| Broadbent, Colonel J. | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Remer, John H. |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Rentoul, Sir Gervais S. |
| Campbell, E. T. | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Reynolds, Col. Sir James |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) | Richardson. Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch't'sy) |
| Castle Stewart, Earl of | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall) |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Haslam, Henry C. | Ross, Ronald D. |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth. S.) | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel E. |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Hennessy, Major Sir G. R. J. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J. A.(Birm., W.) | Herbert, Sir Dennis (Hertford) | Salmon, Major I. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Christie, J. A. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Sandeman, Sir N. Stewart |
| Clydesdale, Marquess of | Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Hurd, Percy A. | Savery, S. S. |
| Cockerill, Brig.-General Sir George | Inskip, Sir Thomas | Shepperson, Sir Ernest Whittome |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Jones, Sir G. W. H. (Stoke New'gton) | Simms, Major-General J. |
| Colman, N. C. D. | Kindersley, Major G. M. | Sinclair, Col. T. (Queen's U., Belfast) |
| Courtauld, Major J. S. | Knox, Sir Alfred | Skelton, A. N. |
| Courthope, Colonel Sir G. L. | Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Crichton-Stuart, Lord C. | Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. | Smithers, Waldron |
| Cranbourne, Viscount | Latham, H. P. (Scarboro' & Whitby) | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Law, Sir Alfred (Derby, High Peak) | Somerville, D. G. (Willesden, East) |
| Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Southby, Commander A. R. J. |
| Croom-Johnson, R. P. | Lewis, Oswald (Colchester) | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Culverwell, C. T. (Bristol, West) | Little, Graham-, Sir Ernest | Stanley, Lora (Fylde) |
| Cunliffe-Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Llewellin, Major J. J. | Stanley, Hon. O (Westmorland) |
| Dalkeith, Earl of | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Dairymple-White, Lt.-Col. Sir Godfrey | Locker-Lampson, Com. O.(Handsw'tn) | Thomas, Major L. B. (King's Norton) |
| Davidson, Rt. Hon. J. (Hertford) | Lockwood, Captain J. H. | Thompson, Luke |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Lymington, Viscount | Thomson, Mitchell-, Rt. Hon. Sir W. |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Tinne, J. A. |
| Dawson, Sir Philip | Macquisten, F. A. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Duckworth, G. A. V. | Maitland, A. (Kent, Faversham) | Todd, Capt. A. J. |
| Eden, Captain Anthony | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Margesson, Captain H. D. | Turton, Robert Hugh |
| Elliot, Major Walter E. | Marjoribanks, Edward | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon |
| Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s-M.) | Mason, Colonel Glyn K. | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Lambert |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | Meller, R. J. | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Merriman, Sir F. Boyd | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Ferguson, Sir John | Milne, Wardlaw-, J. S. | Wells, Sydney R. |
| Fielden, E. B. | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Fison, F. G. Clavering | Moore, Sir Newton J. (Richmond) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | Morrison, W. S. (Glos., Cirencester) | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Muirhead, A. J. | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton |
| Galbraith, J. F. W. | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | |
| Ganzoni, Sir John | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Gault, Lieut.-Col. A. Hamilton | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G.(Ptrsf'ld) | Sir Frederick Thomson and Sir George Penny. |
§
Further Amendments made: In page 6, line 31, leave out the words "unexcluded candidates," and insert instead thereof the words:
that one of the unexcluded candidates next in order of the voters preference.
§
In page 6, line 32, leave out the words "choices for some one or other of the unexcluded candidates," and insert instead thereof the words:
or subsequent choices for that unexcluded candidate and of counting ballot papers so transferred as votes given to the candidate to whom they are transferred.
§ In page 6, line 35, at the end, insert the words, "or until only two candidates remain unexcluded."—[Mr. Clynes.]
§
Amendment proposed: In page 6, line 3V, at the end, to insert the words:
(5) The votes reckoned at any count in respect of any candidate shall be taken to be the votes counted to that candidate at the previous count with the addition of the votes transferred to him at the count in question."—[Mr. Clynes.]
§ Question put, "That the Amendment be made."
§ The House divided: Ayes, 231; Noes, 185.
2351§ Further Amendments made: In page 6,
§ line 40, after the word "excluded," to insert the words "who has";
§ In page 6, line 40, leave out the words "whose votes are";
§
In page 6, line 43, at the end, insert the words:
(6) If on the final count at which only two candidates remain unexcluded there is an equality of votes, that candidate shall he declared elected who has the greater number of first preference votes, but if there is no difference in this respect between the two candidates the returning officer, if a registered elector for the constituency, may give a vote to one of the candidates, and that candidate shall be declared elected.
(7) Nothing in these rules shall require the returning officer to reject as invalid or void for uncertainty any ballot paper which
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is so marked as to indicate the intention of the voter to vote for any candidate as his first choice or to reject any ballot paper by reason only that no effective second or subsequent choice or a subsequent choice in excess of the valid number of preferences is indicated thereon."—[Mr. Clynes.]