UK Parliament · Public Bill · No. 2738
Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020
[As Introduced]
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This Act reformed how UK parliamentary constituency boundaries are decided. It changed the rules for redrawing voting areas to make them more equal in size and gave the independent Electoral Commission more responsibility for this process, rather than leaving it to separate bodies in each nation.
Presented by Chloe Smith
supported by Lord True.
supported by Lord True.
✓ Passed into lawPublicLords
Official Ballot · Open Govt
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The people's count15 votes
100% Aye · 150% No · 0
MPs' vote402 MPs
34% Ayes · 13766% Noes · 265
The democratic gap
66% , a wide gap
Outcome mismatch, the public would pass this bill, but Parliament rejected it.
Bill passage
Commons
- 1st reading19 May 2020
- 2nd reading2 Jun 2020
- Committee stage18 Jun 2020
- Report stage14 Jul 2020
- 3rd reading14 Jul 2020
Lords
- 1st reading15 Jul 2020
- 2nd reading27 Jul 2020
- Committee stage8 Sept 2020
- Report stage8 Oct 2020
- 3rd reading15 Oct 2020
Royal Assent14 Dec 2020