A Bill to provide for minimum turn-out thresholds for referendums; to impose restrictions on holding elections and referendums on the same day; to facilitate combined referendums on different issues; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
Sir Christopher ChopeConservative
1 May 2012
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The Referendums Bill would set a minimum turnout threshold for referendums to be valid. It would also prohibit holding elections and referendums on the same day and provide a framework to run multiple referendums together on different issues, along with related provisions.
The bill is currently at the second reading in the House of Commons; its first reading took place in July 2010, and no further stages are recorded here.
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