Gerry Sutcliffe consistently voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency

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Major votes

• On 29 Jan 2013: Gerry Sutcliffe voted to postpone reviewing the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies until 2018 and also to delay a review into the effect of reducing the number of MPs Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • fewer MPs in the House of Commons
  • the policies included in the 2010 Conservative - Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement
• On 15 Feb 2011: Gerry Sutcliffe voted to increase the permitted variation from the norm in the number of voters in each parliamentary constituency to 7.5% from the 5% previously proposed. Show vote
• On 15 Feb 2011: Gerry Sutcliffe voted to increase the permitted variation from the norm in the number of voters in each parliamentary constituency to 7.5% from the 5% previously proposed. Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • the policies included in the 2010 Conservative - Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement
• On 2 Nov 2010: Gerry Sutcliffe voted against holding a referendum on introducing the Alternative Vote system for electing MPs and against equalising the number of electors in each constituency via boundary changes which would also reduce the number of MPs from 650 to 600. Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • the policies included in the 2010 Conservative - Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement
• On 1 Nov 2010: Gerry Sutcliffe voted for a provision which would have ensured a whole number of MPs would represent each of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Anglesey, Argyll and Bute, the Highland Council area and the Isle of Wight. Show vote
• On 20 Oct 2010: Gerry Sutcliffe voted against reducing the number of MPs to 600 and against equalising the number of electors in each UK Parliamentary constituency. Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • the policies included in the 2010 Conservative - Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement
• On 6 Sep 2010: Gerry Sutcliffe voted against 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. Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • a more proportional system for electing MPs
  • fewer MPs in the House of Commons
  • the policies included in the 2010 Conservative - Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement

Minor votes

• On 15 Feb 2011: Gerry Sutcliffe voted against allowing a Parliamentary constituency to cover both part of the Isle of Wight and part of the UK mainland. Show vote
• On 15 Feb 2011: Gerry Sutcliffe voted against creating two Parliamentary constituencies wholly on the Isle of Wight rather than just one. Show vote

  This policy conflicts with:

  • the policies included in the 2010 Conservative - Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement
• On 1 Nov 2010: Gerry Sutcliffe voted to seek make specified exemptions from the proposal to equalise the number of electors in each parliamentary constituency and voted to guarantee certain areas a whole number of MPs and also to widen the band within which the number of electors of all constituencies must remain. Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • fewer MPs in the House of Commons