§ 1 Clause 1, page 1, line 8, at end insert ("the members of which shall be elected by that system of proportional voting specified under this Act.")
§ 2 Clause 1, page 1, line 9, after ("initial") insert ("constituency")
§ 3 Clause 1, page 1, line 12, leave out ("three") and insert ("two")
§ 4 Clause 1, page 1, line 12, after ("initial") insert ("constituency")
§ 5 Clause 1, page 1, line 13, leave out ("125") and insert ("113")
§ 6 Clause 1, page 1, line 15, leave out ("two initial members") and insert ("one initial member")
§ 7 Clause 1, page 1, line 16, after first ("The") insert ("constituency")
§ 8 Clause 1, page 1, line 16, at end insert ("constituency")
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9 Clause 1, page 1, line 20, at end insert—
("(3A) Twenty-five initial additional members of the Assembly shall be elected by the system of proportional voting set out in Part V of Schedule 1 to this Act based upon the entitlement which each Sector 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'.
(3B) 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).")
§ 10 page 2, line 2, after ("initial") insert ("constituency")
§ 11 Clause 4, page 3, line 26, after ("below") insert ("(a)")
§ 12 line 26, at end insert ("constituency")
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13 line 27, after ("vacant")
insert ("or
(b) where the seat of an additional member of the Assembly is vacant and there is no such willing candidate under subsection (4A) below.")
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14 line 38, at end insert—
("(4A) Subject to subsection (4) of this section where the seat of an additional member of an Assembly is vacated the vacancy shall be filled by the first willing candidate of the party of the vacating member on the relevant party priority list as prepared at the preceding ordinary election under the provisions of Part V of Schedule 1 to this Act, such candidate not already being a member and having indicated his willingness to fill the vacancy in such manner as may be required by the standing orders of the Assembly.")
§ 15 Schedule 1, page 35, line 12,1eave out ("125") and insert ("113")
§ 16 line 12, leave out ("three") and insert ("two")
654§ 17 line 14, leave out ("two Assembly constituencies") and insert ("one Assembly constituency")
§ 18 page 36, line 22, at end insert—
§ ("PART V
§ ELECTION OF ADDITIONAL MEMBERS
§ 15.—(1) No person shall be eligible to be elected as an additional member unless his name was listed as an adopted list candidate at the ordinary election concerned.
§ (2) No party shall be an eligible party so as to be eligible for allocation of additional member seats to its adopted list candidates under this Schedule unless it secured 5 per cent. or more of the total of all party votes validly cast at the ordinary election concerned.
§ 16. The process of election of additional members shall be as follows:
- (1) The number of additional members to be returned at the ordinary election concerned shall be ascertained in accordance with section 1 of this Act.
- (2) The constituencies at the first ordinary election shall be grouped into two Electoral Regions in accordance with Part VI of this Schedule and the initial additional members prescribed by section 1(3A) of this Act shall be allocated between the Electoral Regions as shown in Part VI of this Schedule.
- (3) The number, group and allocation of additional members at ordinary elections other than at the first ordinary election shall be those prescribed by this Schedule.
- (4) In the event of any change in the number of constituencies after the first ordinary election the automatic increase or decrease in the number of additional members provided for by section 1(3B) of this Act shall be allocated between the Electoral Regions so that as a result the aggregate of the additional members and the constituency members for each Electoral Regional shall as between the Electoral Regions be proportional to the respective electorates of each Electoral Region at the ordinary election concerned.
- (5) Priority lists showing the priority as between adopted list candidates shall he democratically drawn up by each party for each Electoral Region and shall not contain more names than there are additional member seats to be allocated at the ordinary election concerned to the Electoral Region concerned. A person standing for election as a constituency member may be eligible for inclusion on one or more of his party's priority lists.
- (6) The valid party votes cast at the ordinary election concerned for each eligible party in each Electoral Region shall be added and the total in each case divided by the sum (called the denominator sum) of the number of candidates of each eligible party returned as constituency members at
655 that election for each Electoral Region plus one. - (7) The results of the calculations made in sub-paragraph (6) of this paragraph shall be compared and the first person to be elected an additional member in each Electoral Region shall be the first candidate on the relevant priority list of the eligible party obtaining the highest number as a result of those calculations who is not already a member.
- (8) The calculations made in subparagraph (6) of this paragraph shall be repeated after adding the additional member elected in each Electoral Region in accordance with subparagraph (7) of this paragraph to the relevant denominator sum of the eligible party of which he was an adopted candidate.
- (9) The results of the calculations made in sub-paragraph (8) of this paragraph shall be compared and the next persons respectively to be elected additional members for each Electoral Region shall be the first candidates on the respective priority lists of the respective eligible parties obtaining the highest numbers respectively as a result of those calculations who are not already members.
- (10) The remaining additional members shall be elected one by one by application of the same system of calculation and election to each Electoral Region as is prescribed in the preceding subparagraphs of this paragraph.
- (11) In this paragraph "party" means a political party whose principal objects include the adoption of candidates for election to the Welsh Assembly.
- (12) Her Majesty may by Order in Council make regulations for the drawing up and publication of priority lists by parties and the form of the ballot paper to be used for ordinary elections to the Assembly under this part of this Act but no recommendation shall be made to Her Majesty in Council to make such an Order until a draft of the Order has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
§ PART VI