Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Stewart Hosie (Scottish National Party), on Tuesday, 23 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 11 members in total.

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TIMING OF BY-ELECTIONS

That this House welcomes the Electoral Commission's report into the conduct of the Glasgow North East by-election; notes that the decision by the Labour Party to delay moving the writ until after the summer recess resulted in the people of Glasgow North East being left without representation in the UK Parliament for 142 days; and calls for a review of the process by which by-elections are called with a view to adopting a statutory timetable as is the case in the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

901 

Session

2009-10

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Bob Spink

Lynne Jones

John Leech

Alan Simpson

Subjects

By-elections

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk