Sentences with phrase «additional members elected»

The commission reported in September 1998 and suggested the alternative vote top - up or AV + system, which would directly elect some MPs by the alternative vote, with a number of additional members elected from top up lists similarly to mixed member proportional representation.

Not exact matches

Members would be elected exactly as now, but where their party was under - represented nationally this would be corrected by giving them an additional voting strength in the division lobbies of the House of Commons.

It is also one of eight constituencies in the South Wales Central electoral region that elects four additional members (along with eight constituency members), to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Scotland and Wales» devolved political institutions, elected under proportional Additional Member electoral systems, were intended to produce a more consensual political culture.

«Additional Member» System (AMS)-- this is a proportional representation system used to elect members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs), the Welsh Assembly (AMs) and Greater London Assembly.

The remaining 40 to 45 per cent of representatives for each body (the «additional members») are elected in large regional areas using a proportional representation system, so as to match every party's share of winning candidates to their votes share.

The region elects thirteen members, nine directly elected constituency members and four additional members.

«I don't think that pushing (for mayoral control) in the last eight weeks of session, disenfranchising the voters of the city of Buffalo, and disempowering nine elected members of the board makes sense,» the senator said, adding that he hoped an additional two board members selected by the mayor would «help to reduce the acrimony» among existing members.

In early February, at about the same time the Council was voting through raises for all city elected officials, Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito provided Council members with about $ 29,500 each in additional funding for their offices.

The Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) has 73 constituencies, each electing one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) system of election, and eight additional members regions, each electing seven additional MSPs.

Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the South Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Also, it is one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

It was also one of nine constituencies in the North Wales electoral region, which elected four additional members, in addition to nine constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

The Assembly election uses a form of Additional Member System (AMS), with 14 local constituency seats (spanning two or three London boroughs) with winners elected by «first past the post» (or plurality rule) voting.

The region elects twelve members, eight directly elected constituency members and four additional members.

Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the Central Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

The additional member system, used to elect the Welsh assembly and Scottish parliament, has so many virtues it is hard to believe it has not been a serious part of the Westminster electoral reform conversation.

Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the South Wales East electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

It is one of nine constituencies in the Lothian electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

In Scotland, Wales, and the London Assembly, the fixed numbers of additional members, elected in relatively small regions, are not always sufficient to fully compensate for the disproportionality caused by the single - member district (first - past - the - post voting) tier.

Each constituency elects one AM by the first past the post (single - member district plurality, SMDP) system, and the additional Assembly seats are filled from regional closed party lists, under the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account, to produce a degree of proportional representation for each region.

The additional member system (AMS), also known as mixed - member proportional representation (MMP) outside the United Kingdom, [1][2][3][4] is a mixed electoral system with one tier of single - member district representatives, and another tier of «additional members» elected to make the overall election results more proportional.

The Committee on Nominations shall annually present to the Members for election by mail ballot, or by electronic means, at least two nominations for the position of President - Elect and for each additional position to be filled on the Board.

The Association shall be called to order by the President of the preceding meeting, and this officer having resigned the chair to the president elect, the general Secretary shall then report the number of papers relating to each department which have been registered, and the Association consider the most eligible distribution into Sections, when it shall proceed to the election of the additional members of the Standing Committee in the manner before described; the meeting shall then adjourn, and the Standing Committee, having divided the Association into Sections as directed, shall allot to each its place of meeting for the Session.

The Council shall consist of the President, the Vice-Presidents, the Permanent Secretary, the General Secretary, the Secretaries of the Sections, and the Treasurer, of one fellow elected by each affiliated society and one additional fellow from each affiliated society having more than one hundred members who are fellows of the Association, and of eight fellows, two elected annually by the Council for a term of four years.

The Executive Committee for the Division shall consist of the President, the President - Elect, the Executive Director, the immediate Past - President, and additional members whose election and terms shall be designated in Section 2 of this article.

Philadelphia, PA — The members of the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) have elected a new president - elect, Christine Handy, principal of Gaithersburg High School in Gaithersburg, MD, and eight additional school leaders to serve on the 24 - member NASSP Board of Directors.

Additional nominations for election to any of the offices or positions may be made from among the qualified members by written petition addressed to the Secretary and received at his regular address on or before August 10th, signed by 30 Regular Members, and accompanied by the written acceptance of such additional nominee signifying his willingness to serve iAdditional nominations for election to any of the offices or positions may be made from among the qualified members by written petition addressed to the Secretary and received at his regular address on or before August 10th, signed by 30 Regular Members, and accompanied by the written acceptance of such additional nominee signifying his willingness to serve if emembers by written petition addressed to the Secretary and received at his regular address on or before August 10th, signed by 30 Regular Members, and accompanied by the written acceptance of such additional nominee signifying his willingness to serve if eMembers, and accompanied by the written acceptance of such additional nominee signifying his willingness to serve iadditional nominee signifying his willingness to serve if elected.

The Board of Directors consists of the Officers (President, President - elect, Immediate Past - President, Secretary, and Treasurer) and ten additional elected members of this organization, plus two non-voting, advisory members from the industry membership.

«President - Elect Trump Announces Additional Agency Landing Team Members,» President Elect Donald J. Trump, December 9, 2016.

A COI Committee was established comprising all elected members of the Executive Committee and two additional members with appropriate legal expertise appointed by WMO and UNEP.

These additional powers make it possible for citizens (indirectly, through their directly elected Members of Parliament in the EP) to withhold approval of international agreements that raise legitimacy questions.

(2) There shall be such additional offices of supernumerary judge of the Superior Court of Justice and member of the Family Court as are from time to time required, to be held by judges referred to in clauses (1)(d) and (e) who have elected under the Judges Act (Canada) to hold office only as supernumerary judges.

That topic is the make - up of the NSBS's Council (again, its governing body): The amendment in question seeks to eliminate the representative of the Attorney General of Nova Scotia and the Dean of Schulich School of Law from the Council, and to replace them by two additional appointed members to the Council, bringing the total number of appointed (as opposed to elected) members to five.

13.5 (1) At the annual general meeting held under section 230 of the Act, 2 additional members of the council must be elected from the owners of strata lots in the new phase to hold office until the next annual general meeting of the strata corporation.

The responsibilities of the President - Elect are the same as the board members with the additional responsibilities of: shadowing the President's duties and taking over in his / her absence, nomination of board members at the next election, and obtaining a speaker for the annual state conferences.

(C) Any state association so elected shall be entitled to one vote as such and to an additional vote for each of its Board Members upon the same basis as local boards for their Board Members under the provisions of Article IX of this Constitution.

In addition, three members of the NIC Board of Directors were elected to serve additional three - year terms on the board: John Moore, chief executive officer, Atria Senior Living, Inc., Bradley Razook, managing director, CS Capital Advisors and David Watkins, senior vice president, Heitman LLC.

In addition, three members of the NIC Board of Directors were elected to serve additional three - year terms on the board: Beth Burnham Mace, director - AEW research, AEW Capital Management, L.P.; Angela Mago, senior vice president and national manager, KeyBank Real Estate Capital - Healthcare Group; and Arnold Whitman, CEO & co-chairman, Formation Capital, LLC.