A motion for leave to bring in the Parliamentary and Local Elections (Choice of Electoral Systems) Bill was defeated on 14th June 2006. The bill seeks to introduce a rule that a referendum (national or local) must happen if 5% of appropriate electorate sign a petition calling for one. Such a petition could call for a referendum on a specific voting system or call for a citizens assembley to be formed to select a system to be put to referendum. The motion proposed by David Chaytor MP on Wednesday 14th June 2006 was: The Bill has made the follwoing progress through Parliament: