Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to make provision for a referendum on the voting system for parliamentary elections and to provide for parliamentary elections to be held under the alternative vote system if a majority of those voting in the referendum are in favour of that; to make provision about the number and size of parliamentary constituencies; and for connected purposes.
Citation	2011 c. 1
Introduced by	Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Commons) Lord McNally, Deputy Leader of the House of Lords (Lords)
Dates
Royal assent	16 February 2011
Other legislation
Relates to	Representation of the People Act 1983, Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986, Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000
Status: Amended
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made provision for the holding of a referendum on whether to introduce the Alternative Vote system in all future general elections to the UK Parliament and also made provision on the number and size of parliamentary constituencies. The Bill for the Act was introduced to the House of Commons on 22 July 2010 and passed third reading on 2 November by 321 votes to 264.^[1] The House of Lords passed the Bill, with amendments, on 14 February 2011,^[2] and after some compromises between the two Houses on amendments, it received Royal Assent on 16 February 2011.