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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: January 2974
Description[?]:
| A new Speaker must be elected and should have commenced his term in 2969. The nomination period shall last until the beginning of May 2972. 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 January 2973. The Speaker shall serve only until 2980, owing to the delayed vote. The nomination and voting system shall be presided over by the Deputy Speaker. ============================================ CLP: Julian Atkinson (Isle of Sutton North) Labour: Alan Jamestown (Kincardine Central) |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:08:56, July 20, 2010 CET | From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Election of the Speaker - TIME TO VOTE |
| Message | Rt Hon Cheryl Macintosh MP, Prime Minister: Mr Deputy Speaker, the Conservative-Libertarian Party would once again like to nominate Julian Atkinson, the current Speaker of the House. Mr Speaker has served this House for over 10 years now, and, when the CLP left this Parliament, he withdrew his party membership in order to continue to serve this House to the best of his ability. Mr Deputy Speaker, I truly believe that Mr Speaker should serve this House for one further term. I shall read out the brief biography I gave of him when he was first elected: "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 | 00:45:55, July 21, 2010 CET | From | Hutorian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Election of the Speaker - TIME TO VOTE |
| Message | The NSC shall continue to abstain from the Office of Speaker. We feel our MP's are better off suited to represent their constituents rather than take up the politically neutral Office of Speaker. |
| Date | 13:21:05, July 21, 2010 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Election of the Speaker - TIME TO VOTE |
| Message | The Labour Party Nominates Alan Jamestown, MP for Kincardine Central. Alan Is a well experienced MP and has a background in the mining industry. He is a man of the people, and has dedicated his life to his constituents. His move to candidacy for the house of speaker is a final push in his long and very succesful career. |
| Date | 13:40:10, July 21, 2010 CET | From | Hutorian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Election of the Speaker - TIME TO VOTE |
| Message | Mr Deputy Speaker, the NSC shall vote for Alan Jamestown MP. We see him as an ideal candidate for the Office of Speaker and we look forward to his term in office. |
| Date | 12:41:57, July 23, 2010 CET | From | Hutorian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Election of the Speaker - TIME TO VOTE |
| Message | Mr Deputy Speaker, because of NSC not wanting this largely irrelevant office of Speaker and Labour abandoning the people by moving to Lourenne. The NSC must therefore vote for the CLP candidate and he wins by default. |
| Date | 17:19:22, July 23, 2010 CET | From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Election of the Speaker - TIME TO VOTE |
| Message | Mr Deputy Speaker, given the fact that this is simply a re-election of Mr Speaker, I do not think the House should feel any bit dismayed at the way in which this election process has faltered. He has already proven himself quite capable of doing the job. |
| Date | 17:20:52, July 23, 2010 CET | From | Hutorian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Election of the Speaker - TIME TO VOTE |
| Message | Mr Deputy Speaker, the members opposite should know that we know that the current Speaker is more than capable of carrying out his duties. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 391 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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