5 Amendments of Andrew DUFF related to 2012/2020(REG)
Amendment 2 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 13
Rule 13
Amendment 3 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 14 – paragraph 1
Rule 14 – paragraph 1
1. The President shall be elected first. Nominations shall be handed before eachthe ballot to the Member provisionally in the chair by virtue of Rule 12, who shall announce them to Parliament. If after three ballots no candidate has obtained an absolute majority of the votes cast, the fourth ballot shall be confined to the two Members who have obtained the highest number of votes in the third ballot. In the event of a tie the older candidate shall be declared elected.
Amendment 4 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 15
Rule 15
1. The Vice-Presidents shall then be elected on a single ballot paper. Those who on the first ballot, up to the number of 14, secure an absolute majority of the votes cast shall be declared elected in order of the number of votes obtained. If the number of candidates elected is less than the number of seats to be filled, a second ballot shall be held under the same conditions to fill the remaining seats. Should a third ballot be necessary, a relative majority shall suffice for election to the remaining seats. In the event of a tie the oldest candidates shall be declared elected. Although this Rule, unlike Rule 14(1), does not expressly provide for new nominations to be introduced between ballots during the election of Vice- Presidents, such action is permissible because Parliament, being a sovereign body, must be able to consider all possible candidates, especially since the absence of such an option might impede the smooth running of the election. In the event of a tie the oldest candidates shall be declared elected. 2. Subject to the provisions of Rule 18(1), the Vice-Presidents shall take precedence in the order in which they were elected and, in the event of a tie, by age. Where they are not elected by secret ballot, the order in which their names are read out to the House by the President shall determine the order of precedence.
Amendment 6 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 16 – paragraph 2
Rule 16 – paragraph 2
Amendment 7 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex XXIa (new)
Annex XXIa (new)
ANNEX XXIa The Single Transferable Vote (STV) Under the STV system, voters vote by listing the candidates in order of preference. In order to be elected, a candidate needs to fulfil a quota, which is the number of votes validly cast divided by one more than the number of candidates to be elected. Ballot papers are sorted according to voters’ first preferences. Candidates who fulfil the quota are declared elected in order of precedence. Surplus votes cast in favour of successful candidates – that is to say, the number of votes cast in their favour which exceeds the quota – are then transferred at a weighted value to the second or subsequent preferences of those who voted for the successful candidate as their first preference. If not enough candidates have been elected, the candidate with the lowest number of votes is eliminated and the second preferences of those votes are transferred to the other (unelected) candidates. The transfer of surplus votes and the elimination of candidates continue until the required number of candidates has been elected.