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Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (Money) (No. 3)

Proceeding contribution from Geraldine Smith (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 9 February 2010. It occurred during Debate on bills and Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill.

I think that there are dangers with open primaries. Supporters of the Opposition parties may turn up and vote for the weakest candidate, or there may be a candidate with a particular interest—for example, a pro-life candidate—who floods the place with their supporters. This could end up being very undemocratic.

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Reference

505 c818

Session

2009-10

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Subjects

Boundary commissions

Constituency size

Constituencies

Alternative vote

Administration

Constitutional and administrative law

House of Commons

General elections

Members

Referendums

Voting methods

Legislation

Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill 2008-09 to 2009-10

Link

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