A Bill to make provision for the recall of Members of the House of Commons in specified circumstances; to provide for the holding of primary elections in such circumstances; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
23 October 2009
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The bill would establish a formal recall process for sitting MPs in specified circumstances and would require a primary election to select a replacement candidate in those cases. It aims to give voters a clear mechanism to trigger recall and to choose a replacement through a primary contest, with related rules for how recalls and primaries are run.
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13 Oct 2009
This Bill was on the Order Paper for a Second Reading debate on 16 October.
However, the Order for Second Reading lapsed as the Bill had not been printed and can make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
