A Bill to impose certain duties upon Her Majesty’s Government to ensure the accuracy, completeness and utility of electoral registers; to make provision for the sharing of data for the purposes of electoral registration; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
Dame Siobhain McDonaghLabour (Co-op)
21 November 2018
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This Bill would require the Government to improve the accuracy and completeness of the UK’s electoral registers and to make it easier to share data for registration purposes. It aims to make the registers more useful for elections and other related processes. In short, it focuses on keeping the electoral roll up-to-date and easier to use.
The Bill is at the 2nd reading stage in the House of Commons. The first reading occurred on 3 February 2016.
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3 Feb 2016
The 2015-16 session of Parliament has ended and this Bill will make no further progress.
This Bill was introduced to Parliament on 3 February 2016 under the Ten Minute Rule. This allows an MP to make his or her case for a new bill in a speech lasting up to ten minutes. An opposing speech may also be made before the House decides whether or not the bill should be introduced. If the MP is successful the bill is taken to have had its first reading.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
