Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011

11 (1) For rule 62 (deceased independent candidate with equality of votes) there is substituted—

“62 (1) This rule applies in relation to an election mentioned in rule 60(1) above.

(2) The reference in rule 45A(3) above to the candidate with the fewest votes, in a case where—

(a) there are—

(i) two or more candidates with fewer votes than the others but an equal number to each other, or

(ii) three or more candidates, or remaining candidates, all with the same number of votes,

and

(b) one of them is a deceased candidate,

shall be taken as a reference to the deceased candidate.

(3) The reference in rule 45A(4) or (5) above to the candidate with more votes than the other remaining candidates put together, in a case where—

(a) there are only two remaining candidates,

(b) those two candidates have an equal number of votes, and

(c) one of them is a deceased candidate,

shall be taken as a reference to the candidate other than the deceased candidate.

(4) Where paragraph (2) or (3) above applies, it applies in place of rule 49 or 49A above.”