Parliamentary proceeding on Thursday, 26 May 2005, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Lipsey. The answering member was Baroness Ashton of Upholland.

Electoral System

Lords debate on motion to call attention to the workings of the British electoral system in the 2005 general election. Motion withdrawn.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 672 c576-617
Session: 2005-06
Department: Department for Constitutional Affairs
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions: Lord Garden | 672 c614 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I merely said that it is difficult for them because they might not have any family living ...; Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 672 c614-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is a fair point and one that we shall pick up on at the meeting. The essence of the ...; Lord Goodhart | 672 c615 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for giving way. I was not discussing or advocating A...; Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 672 c615-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord has pre-empted exactly what I was going to say. I am conscious that the nob...; Lord Lipsey | 672 c616-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my man from Mars will enjoy reading this wide-ranging and well informed debate. There have...; Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 672 c611-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we stand by the commitment in the 1997 manifesto. If one looks at the 2001 and 2005 manife...; Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 672 c610-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Scottish Parliament is a good example of an exception to what I have just said. I thin...; Lord Maclennan of Rogart | 672 c611 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for what she has said. But with regard to this debate ...; Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 672 c608-10 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a privilege to respond to the debate. I join noble Lords in thanking my noble friend...; Lord Smith of Clifton | 672 c610 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, further to the noble Baroness’s point, does she think that that applies to the Scottish Pa...; Lord Goodhart | 672 c604-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Lipsey, for obtaining, with the help of the ballot, ...; Baroness Hanham | 672 c606-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join other Members of the House in thanking the noble Lord, Lord Lipsey, for having gene...; Lord Jacobs | 672 c601-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lipsey, for bringing the subject of electoral reform to this ...; Lord Shutt of Greetland | 672 c603-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Lipsey, on obtaining this debate. Like him, I wa...; Viscount Eccles | 672 c600-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I too am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Lipsey, for introducing this debate and for...; Lord Corbett of Castle Vale | 672 c595-7 (Link to this contribution) With great respect, my Lords, they are not the noble Lord’s Members of the European Parliament. We d...; Lord Garden | 672 c597-600 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I add my thanks to the noble Lord, Lord Lipsey, for the opportunity to debate these issues...; Lord Norton of Louth | 672 c590-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the scholarly and noble Lord, Lord Smith of Clifton, who starte...; Lord Greaves | 672 c592-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Lipsey, on obtaining this debate. The noble Lord refer...; Lord Corbett of Castle Vale | 672 c595 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope that there are few noble Lords sitting on the Liberal Democrat Benches today who wi...; Lord Greaves | 672 c595 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I can name the two Liberal Democrats: Saj Karim and Chris Davies.; Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 672 c580-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Lipsey, on having secured this debate in the ballot. I...; Lord Maclennan of Rogart | 672 c583-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I begin by congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Lipsey, not only on initiating the debate b...; Baroness Gale | 672 c585-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Lipsey for bringing this debate forward. However, I do not th...; Lord Smith of Clifton | 672 c587-90 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join other noble Lords in congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Lipsey, on initiating this...; Lord Lipsey | 672 c567 (Link to this contribution) rose to call attention to the workings of the British electoral system in the 2005 general election;...
Subjects: Constituency size Alternative vote Absent voting Elections Electoral systems General elections Proportional representation Voting behaviour Reform Single transferable vote Simple majority electoral systems Coalition governments General Election 2005
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Electoral System

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