Electoral System in UK Law

  • R (on the application of Miller) v The Prime Minister ; Cherry and Others v Advocate General for Scotland
    • Supreme Court
    • 24 September 2019
    ... ... be right for the British people: they had faced an awful lot of electoral events in recent years” ... 21 That same day, the Prime ... by the Crown in Parliament are the supreme form of law in our legal system, with which everyone, including the Government, must comply. However, the ... ...
  • CM (EM Country Guidance: Disclosure: Zimbabwe)
    • Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)
    • 05 October 2012
    ... ... (b) The potential influence of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), the Southern African Development Commission (SADC) and ... described, then the structures underpinning the Country Guidance system ensure that judicial fact-finders will be required to have regard to the ... ...
  • R (on the application of Chester) v Secretary of State for Justice
    • Supreme Court
    • 16 October 2013
    ... ... a parliamentary constituency wholly or partly comprised in the electoral region, and— (a) the address in respect of which he is ... , shall not affect the essentially proportional nature of the voting system." ... 13 Voting in European Parliamentary ... ...
  • RN (Returnees)
    • Asylum and Immigration Tribunal
    • 30 October 2008
    ... ... says that it was the military commanders who instructed the Electoral Commission not to release the results of the presidential election and who ... In view of the collapsed economy and the damage to the banking system on account of hyperinflation, we do not find that difficult to accept. But ... ...
  • Fox v Stirk and Bristol Electoral Registration Officer
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 12 May 1970
    ... ... During tern time, which is at least half the year, he lives in theuniversity town, in some cases in college, where a collegiate system is in existence or at a hall of residence or in lodgings. In the university vacations he may in part reside at his university, and for the rest of ... ...
  • EM (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
    • Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)
    • 14 January 2011
    ... ... of over 7 years with children well-integrated into the educational system in the United Kingdom, is an indicator that the welfare of the child ... and Manicaland, where the party has not lost hope of securing electoral success. We have already described the events regarding the COPAC outreach ... ...
  • Morgan v Simpson
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 18 July 1974
    ... ... It revolutionised the system of voting at elections. It provided for voting by secret ballot. It ... of the ballot papers, the voter's number as it appeared on the electoral roll. That rendered the ballot papers void. There were 294 of them, 234 ... ...
  • Moohan, Petitioner
    • Supreme Court (Scotland)
    • 17 December 2014
    ... ... or decide public issues through a referendum or other electoral process conducted in accordance with paragraph (b)." ... The ... of international law, to be interpreted according to that system's markedly distinct canons of interpretation. These are encapsulated in ... ...
  • MM (UDPS members – Risk on return)
    • Asylum and Immigration Tribunal
    • 13 March 2007
    ... ... April to September 2006, the UDPS maintained its boycott, citing electoral irregularities and organised demonstrations and spoiling tactics against ... to him in his establishment of power through the electoral system and would arguably appear to be a politically spent force ... ...
  • R (Woolas) v Parliamentary Election Court for Oldham East and Saddleworth
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 03 December 2010
    ... ... , the courts heard 151 parliamentary election petitions alleging electoral malpractice; 69 MPs were unseated. Since 1918, there have only been 7 ... The system was not considered satisfactory. In 1867, after a bill had been introduced ... ...
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