Part 1: Administration and Conduct of Elections Northern Ireland elections Section 13 - Simple majority system to be used in elections for certain offices
Section 13 amends the existing primary legislation providing for the election of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) in England and Wales, and the Mayor of London, combined authority mayors and local authority mayors in England, to change the voting system from the Supplementary Vote (SV) system to the Simple Majority system, also known as "First Past the Post".
	Subsections (1) to (6) relate to elections for the Mayor of London. Section 4 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 is amended to remove provision for the SV system to apply where there are three or more candidates (Simple Majority voting already applies where there are only two candidates); section 16 is amended to change the voting system to be used at by-elections for the Mayor of London and the definition of "mayoral vote", which is now redundant, is removed from section 29. Schedule 2, which sets out the details of the SV and counting system, is repealed. The Representation of the People Act 1983 is amended at section 165 to remove subsection (4) which clarifies that a vote deemed to be thrown away in connect with provision for the avoidance of election for employing a corrupt agent applies only to the affected first preference or second preference vote i.e., the elector’s other vote is not deemed to be thrown away.
	Subsections (7) to (11) relate to elections for local authority mayors. Section 9HC of the Local Government Act 2000 is amended to replace provision for the SV system with provision for Simple Majority voting; references to first preference and second preference votes are removed from section 9HD (entitlement to vote) and from the list of definitions at section 9R. The application of Schedule 2, which sets out the vote counting process under the SV system for elections with three or more candidates for local authority mayor, is amended so that it only applies in Wales.
	Subsections (12) to (15) relate to elections for combined authority mayors. Schedule 5B to the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 is amended at paragraph 4 to replace provision for the SV system with provision for Simple Majority voting. Paragraph 5, which applies the SV system to elections where there are three or more candidates, is repealed, and references to first preference and second preference votes in the context of entitlement to vote are removed from paragraph 6.
	Subsections (16) to (18) relate to elections for Police and Crime Commissioners. Section 57 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 is amended to replace provision for the SV system with provision for Simple Majority voting; the application of Schedule 9 which sets out the vote counting process under the SV system for elections with three or more candidates for a Police and Crime Commissioner is repealed. Schedule 9 itself is also repealed.