Number of MPs in the House of Commons
There have been votes in Parliament on reducing the number of MPs in the House of Commons and reviewing the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies.
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David Rutley generally voted for fewer MPs in the House of Commons
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On 2 Jun 2020:
David Rutley voted to have 650 MPs in the House of Commons and to remove Parliament's role in approving changes to Parliamentary constituencies.
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On 18 Nov 2016:
David Rutley was absent for a vote on Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill — Second Reading
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On 29 Jan 2013:
David Rutley voted against postponing a review of the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies until 2018 and against delaying a review of the effect of reducing the number of MPs
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On 20 Oct 2010:
David Rutley voted to reduce the number of MPs from 650 to 600
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On 19 Oct 2016:
David Rutley voted in favour of having fewer MPs but against reducing the number of members of the House of Lords.
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On 1 Nov 2010:
David Rutley voted not to make specified exemptions from proposals to equalise the number of electors in each parliamentary constituency and voted against guaranteeing certain areas a whole number of MPs and also against widening the band within which the number of electors in every constituencies must remain.
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On 20 Oct 2010:
David Rutley voted against reviewing the number and size of Parliamentary constituencies in Wales within a year of deciding to go ahead with a referendum in Wales on additional devolution to the Welsh Assembly.
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On 6 Sep 2010:
David Rutley voted in favour of a referendum on using the Alternative Vote system in general elections and for parliamentary constituency boundary changes which would have reduced the number of MPs from 650 to 600.
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On 6 Sep 2010:
David Rutley voted to authorise spending the money required to enact the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill and pay the costs of the referendum on the alternative vote and the costs of the process of redrawing constituencies should the bill become law.
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