Annex C - Progress of Bill Table
This Annex shows how each section and Schedule of the Act was numbered during the passage of the Bill through Parliament.
Section of the Act
Act as Introduced in the Commons
Act as amended in Committee in the Commons
Act as introduced in the Lords
Act as amended in Committee in the Lords
Act as amended on Report in the Lords
Section 1 (Voter Identification)
Clause 1
Clause 1
Clause 1
Clause 1
Clause 1
Section 2 (Power to make regulations about registration, absent voting and other matters)
N/A
N/A
Clause 2
Clause 2
Clause 2
Section 3 (Restriction of period for which person can apply for postal vote)
Clause 2
Clause 2
Clause 3
Clause 3
Clause 3
Section 4 (Handling of postal voting documents by political campaigners)
Clause 3
Clause 3
Clause 4
Clause 4
Clause 4
Section 5 (Handing in postal voting documents)
Clause 4
Clause 4
Clause 5
Clause 5
Clause 5
Section 6 (Limit on number of electors for whom a proxy can vote)
Clause 5
Clause 5
Clause 6
Clause 6
Clause 6
Section 7 (Requirement of secrecy)
Clause 6
Clause 6
Clause 7
Clause 7
Clause 7
Section 8 (Undue influence)
Clause 7
Clause 7
Clause 8
Clause 8
Clause 8
Section 9 (Assistance with voting for persons with disabilities)
Clause 8
Clause 8
Clause 9
Clause 9
Clause 9
Section 10 (Candidate nomination paper: commonly used names)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Clause 10
Section 11 (Home address form: statement of local authority area)
N/A
N/A
N/A
Clause 10
Clause 11
Section 12 (Local elections and Assembly elections in Northern Ireland)
Clause 9
Clause 9
Clause 10
Clause 11
Clause 12
Section 13 (Simple majority system to be used in elections for certain offices)
N/A
Clause 10
Clause 11
Clause 12
Clause 13
Section 14 (Extension of franchise for parliamentary elections: British citizens overseas)
Clause 10
Clause 11
Clause 12
Clause 13
Clause 14
Section 15 (Voting and candidacy rights of EU citizens)
Clause 11
Clause 12
Clause 13
Clause 14
Clause 15
Section 16 Strategy and policy statement
Clause 12
Clause 13
Clause 14
Clause 15
Clause 16
Section 17 Examination of duty to have regard to strategy and policy statement
Clause 13
Clause 14
Clause 15
Clause 16
Clause 17