Approaches to recall of elected representatives

Author: Bruce McCall, Sarah McKay and Courtney Aitken

PDF Published: Wednesday 12 Mar 2025 (SB 25-09)

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- Summary
- Proposal to introduce a recall mechanism for Members of the Scottish Parliament
- Recall mechanisms in the United Kingdom
  - Recall of Members of Parliament (House of Commons, UK Parliament)
  - Consideration of recall during the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill
    
    Senedd Cymru Standards of Conduct Committee inquiry on Individual Member Accountability
- International examples of recall mechanisms
  - United States of America
    
    California
    
    Recall of state level representatives
    
    2003 gubernatorial recall election
    
    2021 gubernatorial recall election
    
    Recall of local level representatives
    
    North Dakota
    
    Wisconsin
  - Latvia
  - British Columbia, Canada
  - Venezuela
  - Germany
  - Japan
  - Mexico
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