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Bill: Election of the Speaker - TIME TO VOTE
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM)
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: May 2968
Description[?]:
| Following the passage of the Speaker of the House Act, a new Speaker must be elected. The nomination period shall last until the beginning of August 2958. Each party with seats in Parliament may nominate one individual. Voting shall then commence and each Party with seats in Parliament has one vote, and they may vote only for a candidate other than their own. Voting shall end on the beginning of April 2959. ================================================= CLP: Julian Atkinson Labour: Thomas Wyn UFD: Apep |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:59:50, June 22, 2010 CET | From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Election of the Speaker - TIME TO VOTE |
| Message | Hon Cheryl Macintosh MP: Madam Speaker, the Conservative-Libertarian Party would like once again to nominate Julian Atkinson, Member of Parliament for Isle of Sutton North, who led the opposition against an appointed Speaker. Julian Atkinson is 46 years old and has been in Parliament since 2939. He was born in inner city Langdon and raised in an orphanage. Not knowing his parents, he was eventually adopted at the age of 7 by a charity worker and her husband. Brought up in abject poverty, he was taught at the local comprehensive school and got his first job at the age of 18, as a porter for Roccato Hotels. He married Sylvia, a receptionist, at the age of 22 and they have been together ever since. At the age of 23 he came into contact with Karl Fisher, the owner and Chief Executive of Roccato Hotels. Mr Fisher was so impressed by the service provided by Julian Atkinson, that he was headhunted to become Deputy Manager of their only branch on the Isle of Sutton, in Sutton City. He proved to be so effective that Mr Fisher made the decision to open a new, smaller hotel on the very north point of the island. It became renowned as a country getaway, in a place of rural tranquility. Julian Atkinson developed it to incorporate a lot of woodland and made it into a place for sport and leisure. It soon became Roccato Hotels' most profitable branch. Julian joined the Conservative-Libertarian Party in 2936, upon the election of Alan Hastings as party leader. He was impressed by the party's commitment to aspiration, and believed that his own rags-to-riches story fit well with the CLP's ideas. After meeting Alan Hastings, he was asked if he would represent Isle of Sutton North in the 2939 election, due to his knowledge of the area and the jobs that he had created there. He stood and gained the seat from the Labour Party. He has represented the seat consistently since then and it is the party's third safest seat, following Wrightstown East and Glentingham North. He is dedicated to Parliament and parliamentary democracy and believes that all Members of Parliament should have an equal voice. |
| Date | 22:03:00, June 22, 2010 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Union | To | Debating the Election of the Speaker - TIME TO VOTE |
| Message | The SPU will not nominate a candidate, as it already holds the office of prime minister currently. To effectively promote checks and balances within the government and within the apparatus of the state, the SPU should not hold the post of Speaker as well. |
| Date | 23:31:21, June 22, 2010 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Election of the Speaker - TIME TO VOTE |
| Message | The Labour Party Nominates Thomas Wyn, Thomas Wyn was born in the urban jungle surrounding bekenial to a fairly underpriveleged family, and was state educated at St Andrews School in east Bekenial. Mr Wyn then attended Beitinu College, Univeristy of Dalry and studies Psychology. After a brief career in Aylesbury as Forensic Psychologist, he stood for Local elections in Oak Manor council, which lead to a parliamentary career. Mr Wyn lives with his husband and adopted son in Dalry, and commutes to Bekenial daily. |
| Date | 20:58:09, June 23, 2010 CET | From | United Forces of Decay | To | Debating the Election of the Speaker - TIME TO VOTE |
| Message | The UFD nominate Apep. He's done a great jop as speaker so far. |
| Date | 16:52:37, June 26, 2010 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Election of the Speaker - TIME TO VOTE |
| Message | The Labour Party votes for Julian Atkinson |
| Date | 17:33:45, June 26, 2010 CET | From | United Forces of Decay | To | Debating the Election of the Speaker - TIME TO VOTE |
| Message | The UFD vote for Julian Atkinson. This shall be a sign that the UFD do not share the disregard some of the members of the CLP show against us, calling for criminal charges and similar absurdities. |
| Date | 01:55:58, June 27, 2010 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Union | To | Debating the Election of the Speaker - TIME TO VOTE |
| Message | The SPU votes for Thomas Wyn. |
| Date | 11:16:32, July 12, 2010 CET | From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Election of the Speaker - TIME TO VOTE |
| Message | [OOC: This just needs to be voted on to pass it into historical record. Another Speaker election is due in the next couple of years. For the sake of RP, when the CLP withdrew from Parliament, Julian Atkinson remained as an Independent attached to the Labour Party to ensure he could carry out his duties as Speaker.] |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 391 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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