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Research Briefing
Electoral fraud since 2010
Sir Eric Pickles, the Government’s Anti-Corruption Champion, has carried out a review of electoral fraud and has made fifty recommendations on what could be done to tackle the problem. The Government has now published its response. This Briefing Paper provides information about electoral fraud since 2010 and includes details of the reports published by the Electoral Commission and the Association of Chief Police Officers on cases of alleged electoral malpractice.
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Research Briefing
Northern Ireland: resignation of Deputy First Minister
This Commons Library note sets out the legal implications of the resignation of Martin McGuinness as deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland on 9 January 2017.
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Research Briefing
2018 Boundary Review: initial proposals for Scotland
This Commons Library Briefing Paper examines the initial proposals for new constituency boundaries in Scotland. It looks at the extent to which proposed constituencies can be identified with existing seats, and the area and electorates of the proposed seats.
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Research Briefing
Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill 2016-17
The Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill 2016-17 was introduced 29 June 2016 and had its Second Reading on Friday 18 November 2016. The Bill was a Private Member's Bill that sought to amend the Rules of Redistribution of Parliamentary constituencies.
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Research Briefing
2018 Boundary Review: initial proposals for Wales
This Commons Library Briefing Paper examines the initial proposals for new Westminster constituency boundaries in Wales, published as part of the 2018 Review. It looks at how these proposals affect existing constituencies, and the electorate and area of the proposed constituencies.
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Research Briefing
Georgia 2016
Georgia has signed its Association Agreement with the EU and Georgian leaders have described this as a historic chance to return to Georgia’s natural European environment
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Research Briefing
Boundary Review: our online tool
This month the Boundary Commissions for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland announced their initial proposals for new Parliamentary constituencies under the 2018 Boundary Review. (The Boundary Commission for Scotland is expected to publish their initial proposals on the 20th of October.) We’ve created an online tool to analyse boundary changes To help understand the impact
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Research Briefing
2018 Boundary Review: initial proposals for England
This Commons Library Briefing Paper examines the initial proposals for new constituency boundaries in England. It looks at the extent to which proposed constituencies can be identified with existing seats, and the area and electorates of the proposed seats.
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Research Briefing
Boundary Review: missing voters, missing seats?
The four Boundary Commissions have started to publish their initial proposals for new constituency boundaries. The new boundaries will be based on the electorate of 1 December 2015. Yet by June 2016 (at the time of the EU referendum), the number of registered voters had increased by 1.75 million. Would using the June electorate change
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Research Briefing
Referendum campaign literature
During the EU referendum campaign there were complaints about the claims put forward in campaign literature and calls for an independent body to oversee the truthfulness of claims made during political campaigns. This Briefing Paper looks at the regulation of campaign literature in the UK and in other countries.
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Research Briefing
2018 Review of Parliamentary constituencies: Wales
The seventh general review of Parliamentary constituencies, the 2018 Review, is currently underway. This paper summarises the proposals for Wales.
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