A Bill to make provision for an open list system for elections to the European Parliament.
This Bill would introduce an open list system for elections to the European Parliament. It would allow voters to express preferences for individual candidates within party lists, rather than voting solely for a party, and would set out the rules for how votes are counted and seats allocated under this system.
The Bill is currently at the 2nd reading in the House of Commons. If it progresses, it would move to committee stage for detailed scrutiny, followed by report and third reading before moving to the Lords.
Generated 21 February 2026
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 7 July 2014. The second reading was on 9 January 2015 but the Bill was then withdrawn at the end of the debate.
The 2014-15 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.