Austin Mitchell almost always voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency

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Major votes

• On 29 Ion 2013: Austin Mitchell wedi pleidleisio 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 Chw 2011: Austin Mitchell was absent for a vote on Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 11 — permissible variation in population in a constituency Show vote
• On 15 Chw 2011: Austin Mitchell was absent for a vote on Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 11 — permissible variation in population in a constituency Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • the policies included in the 2010 Conservative - Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement
• On 2 Tach 2010: Austin Mitchell wedi pleidleisio 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 Tach 2010: Austin Mitchell wedi pleidleisio 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 Hyd 2010: Austin Mitchell wedi pleidleisio 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 Med 2010: Austin Mitchell wedi pleidleisio 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 Chw 2011: Austin Mitchell was absent for a vote on Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 11 — Number and distribution of seats — Isle of Wight Show vote
• On 15 Chw 2011: Austin Mitchell was absent for a vote on Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 11 — Special Case of the Isle of Wight Show vote

  This policy conflicts with:

  • the policies included in the 2010 Conservative - Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement
• On 1 Tach 2010: Austin Mitchell wedi pleidleisio 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