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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Baroness Featherstone voted a mixture of for and against fewer MPs in the House of Commons
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On 29 Jan 2013:
Baroness Featherstone 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
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On 1 Nov 2010:
Baroness Featherstone 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:
Baroness Featherstone 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 20 Oct 2010:
Baroness Featherstone voted to reduce the number of MPs from 650 to 600
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On 6 Sep 2010:
Baroness Featherstone 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:
Baroness Featherstone 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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