Electoral Administration Bill

With this it will be convenient to discuss new clause 2—Candidate not to stand in more than one constituency— 'In Schedule 1 to the 1983 Act (parliamentary elections rules), in rule 8(3) (candidate's consent to nomination), after paragraph (b) insert— "(c) shall state that he is not a candidate at an election for any other constituency the poll for which is to be held on the same day as that for the election to which the consent relates,".'.