Alistair Carmichael generally voted for fewer MPs in the House of Commons

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Major votes

• On 2 Meh 2020: Alistair Carmichael wedi pleidleisio to retain a law providing for a reduction in the number of MPs in the House of Commons to 600 while expressing support for retaining 650 MPs, and to retain Parliament's role in approving changes to Parliamentary constituencies. Show vote
• On 18 Tach 2016: Alistair Carmichael was absent for a vote on Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill — Second Reading Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency
• On 29 Ion 2013: Alistair Carmichael 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:

  • an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency
  • the policies included in the 2010 Conservative - Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement
• On 20 Hyd 2010: Alistair Carmichael wedi pleidleisio to 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

Minor votes

• On 19 Hyd 2016: Alistair Carmichael was absent for a vote on House of Lords Reform and Size of the House of Commons Show vote

  This policy conflicts with:

  • removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords
  • a wholly elected House of Lords
• On 1 Tach 2010: Alistair Carmichael wedi pleidleisio 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. Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency
• On 20 Hyd 2010: Alistair Carmichael wedi pleidleisio 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. Show vote
• On 6 Med 2010: Alistair Carmichael wedi pleidleisio 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. Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • a more proportional system for electing MPs
  • an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency
  • the policies included in the 2010 Conservative - Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement
• On 6 Med 2010: Alistair Carmichael wedi pleidleisio 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. Show vote