HL Deb 04 November 1998 vol 594 c291

2B That this House do insist on their Amendment No. 2, to which the Commons have disagreed for their reason numbered 2A.

3 Page 2, line 15, at end insert— ("(5A) After the allocation of seats to the parties, the order of candidates in each list shall be such that the candidates are ranked in terms of the votes each received, with the candidate with the highest number of votes appearing first. (5B) If two or more candidates have the same number of votes, their order on the list shall be determined by lot.").

The Commons disagreed to this amendment for the following reason—

3A Because it would result in a voting system which is undesirable.