§ Mr. John P. Mackintosh (Berwick and East Lothian)I beg to move Amendment No. 17, in page 1, line 15, after 'Assembly', insert
'the members of which shall be elected by that system of proportional voting specified under this Act'.
§ The Second Deputy ChairmanWith this we may take the following amendments: No. 18, in page 1, line 15, at end insert—
'( ) Each vote in the election in each Assembly constituency shall be a Single Transferable Vote, that is to say a vote—
- (a) capable of being given so as to indicate the voter's order of preference for the candidates for election as members for the constituency, and
- (b) capable of being transferred to the next choice—
- (i) when the vote is not required to give a prior choice the necessary quota of votes, or
- (ii) when, owing to the deficiency in the number of votes given for a prior choice, that choice is eliminated from the list of candidates'.
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No. 21, in page 1, line 16, leave out
'Subject to subsection (3) below the initial and insert The initial constituency'.
§ No. 26, in page 1, line 20, leave out three' and insert two'.
§ No. 27, in page 1, line 20, after initial ', insert constituency '.
§ No. 28, in page 1, line 21, leave out '125' and insert '111'.
§ No. 29, in page 1, line 23, leave out two 'and insert one'.
§ No. 35, in page 2, line 3, after 'The ', insert constituency '.
§ No. 37, in page 2, line 3, at end insert 'constituency'.
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No. 40, in page 2, line 7, at end insert—
'(5) Fifty initial additional members of the Assembly shall be elected by the system of proportional voting set out in Part V of Schedule I to the Act based upon the entitlement which each elector shall have at such election and all subsequent ordinary elections to cast a second vote such votes being referred to in this Act as "party votes".
(6) The number of additional members of the Assembly other than at the first ordinary election of members of the Assembly shall be half the number of constituency members at the ordinary election concerned (rounded up to the nearest whole number).
(7) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act the Assembly may at any time after the first ordinary election review the suitability and fairness of the system of proportional voting prescribed by this Act and may make such regulations amending that system as the Assembly shall prescribe by Bill which Bill shall be subject to the powers of rejection contained in Part VI of Schedule 1 to this Act and pending any such amendment the system of proportional voting prescribed by this Act for the first ordinary election shall apply to succeeding ordinary elections.'.
§ No. 41, in page 2, line 9, after 'initial' insert 'constituency'.
§ No. 129, in Schedule 1, page 40, line 12, leave out '125' and insert '111'.
§ No. 130, in Schedule 1, page 40, line 12, leave out 'three' and insert 'two'.
§ No. 131, in Schedule 1, page 40, line 14, leave out two 'and insert one '.
§ No. 132, in Schedule 1, page 40, line 14, leave out constituencies 'and insert constituency'.
§ No. 133, in Schedule 1, page 41, line 25, at end insert—