Representation of the People in UK Law

  • Porter v Magill
    • House of Lords
    • 13 December 2001
    ... ... described "gentrification" as: "ensuring that the right people live in the right areas. The areas are relatively easy to define: target ... ...
  • Marc White (as executor and trustee of the will of Joseph Robson Deceased) v Jennifer Matthys (as trustee of the Joseph Robson Will Settlement) and Others
    • Chancery Division
    • 31 January 2014
    ... ... local government electors maintained under section 9 of the Representation of the People Act 1983; ... 21 ... ...
  • R (Jackson) v Attorney General
    • House of Lords
    • 13 October 2005
    ... ... that: "in order to give effect to the will of the people as expressed by their elected representatives, it is necessary that the ... should be held to determine its fate; and lastly that the representation for the Lords in the joint sitting should be so scaled down that a liberal ... ...
  • Watt (formerly Carter) v Ahsan
    • House of Lords
    • 21 November 2007
    ... ... body applies, an even-handed, not to say "transparent", test which people may pass or fail. The qualifying body vouches to the public for the ... "The respondent associated the applicant's continuing representation of that ward with a continuation of those two perceived problems. In point ... ...
  • Fox v Stirk and Bristol Electoral Registration Officer
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 12 May 1970
    ... ... 2The Representation of the People Act, 1949, in Section 1(1) says that "the persons entitled ... ...
  • R (on the application of Chester) v Secretary of State for Justice
    • Supreme Court
    • 16 October 2013
    ... ... elections in the United Kingdom is governed by the Representation of the People Act 1983 ("RPA"). Section 1, as substituted by section 1 of ... ...
  • Morgan v Simpson
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 18 July 1974
    ... ... In the Matter of the Representation of the People Acts and ... In the Matter of a Local Government Election ... ...
  • Robinson v Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
    • House of Lords
    • 25 July 2002
    ... ... transferable vote (section 34(2)), to ensure proportionate representation of differing political opinions. Ministerial offices are to be allocated ... in the Assembly can be resolved democratically by appeal to the people. The procedure laid down in section 32(3) mirrors that in section 32(1) ... ...
  • R v Cripps, ex parte Muldoon
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 03 April 1984
    ... ... was appointed, under section 115 of the Representation of the People Act 1949, to constitute an election court charged with the ... ...
  • Zahir Monir v Steve Wood
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 19 December 2018
    ... ... It owned no premises. It was an ad hoc group of people who shared a common interest in and support of UKIP. At the end of July ... for the advantage of a person who requests them, involve no representation. If the view be right which I have already expressed, that the ... ...
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