Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Maxton (Labour), on Wednesday, 31 March 1999, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 61 members in total.

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ELECTRONIC VOTING IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

That this House notes the development of increasingly sophisticated personal recognition systems within information technology; believes that many of the objections made by some honourable Members to the earlier proposals made by the Committee on the Modernisation of the House of Commons for electronic voting in the House are no longer valid; asks that the Committee re-consider this matter and present a report to Parliament as soon as possible; and further believes that the Committee should lay a Motion for the introduction of such a system before the House and let the honourable Members decide by a free vote on their preference.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

ELECTRONIC VOTING IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS (516A1)

The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Peter Bottomley (primary, Conservative) and tabled on Tuesday, 13 April 1999. It has been signed by 6 members in total.

leave out from 'House' to end and add 'welcomes the personal contact associated with the traditional method of voting and rejects electronic substitutes.'.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

516 

516A1 

Session

1998-99

Subjects

House of Commons Electronic voting Voting methods Modernisation Committee

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk