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F1SCHEDULE 2Rules for distribution of seats

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The allocation method

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1

The allocation method referred to in rule 3(2) is as follows.

2

The first constituency shall be allocated to the part of the United Kingdom with the greatest electorate.

3

The second and subsequent constituencies shall be allocated in the same way, except that the electorate of a part of the United Kingdom to which one or more constituencies have already been allocated is to be divided by—

where C is the number of constituencies already allocated to that part.

4

Where the figure given by sub-paragraph (3) above is the same for two or more parts of the United Kingdom, the part to which a constituency is to be allocated shall be the one with the smaller or smallest actual electorate.

5

This rule does not apply to the constituencies mentioned in rule 6, and accordingly—

a

the electorate of England shall be treated for the purposes of this rule as reduced by the electorate of the constituencies mentioned in rule 6(1);

b

the electorate of Scotland shall be treated for the purposes of this rule as reduced by the electorate of the constituencies mentioned in rule F26(2)(a) and (b)F3;

c

the electorate of Wales shall be treated for the purposes of this rule as reduced by the electorate of the constituency mentioned in rule 6(2)(c).