The vote is on a Lords amendment to the Electoral Registration and Administration Bill, postponing the boundary changes needed to reduce the number of MPs to 600 and equalise constituency electorates.
The coalition government is committed to reducing the size of the House of Commons from 650 to 600 MPs at the next election.
Frankly, I think 600 MPs is quite enough and also I think it is fair that every seat should have the same number of voters in it.
The boundary changes, approved in principle by Parliament last year, would see the size of the Commons reduced from 650 to 600 MPs with England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland losing 31, seven, 10 and two seats respectively.
It also proposes cutting the number of MPs by 50 to 600, and redrawing parliamentary boundaries.
The move is part of a plan to cut the number of MPs from 650 to 600, by 2015.
The proposals are part of a move to cut the number of MPs by 50 to 600 by the next general election.
This would have ensured that all constituencies contained about the same number of voters and would have trimmed the number of MPs from 650 to 600.
At stake are the Conservatives' plans to cut the number of MPs from 650 to 600 overall - from 40 to 30 in Wales, where constituencies tend to have fewer votes.
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Mr Harper also said he wanted the bill to pass quickly because of provisions in it to reduce the number of MPs from 650 to 600 and make the size of constituencies more equal.
The bill provides for a referendum on changing the Westminster voting system from first past the post to the alternative vote (AV), making constituencies more equal in population size and cutting the number of MPs from 650 to 600.
As MPs debated the Parliamentary Voting and Constituencies Bill, which reduces the number of MPs from 650 to 600, for the fifth day at committee stage in the Commons on 25 October 2010, Sir Peter backed a call to reduce the number of ministers as well.
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The boundary changes would see the area that each MP represents (constituency) changed to be more equal-sized across the UK, with the number of MPs cut from 650 to 600.
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The proposal was to reduce the number of MPs across the country by 50 to 600, with each of them representing about 76, 000 people.
The Lib Dems have withdrawn their support from the proposed change to parliamentary boundaries, which would have cut the number of MPs in the Commons from 650 to 600, by creating fewer, larger constituencies.
Under the plans, the number of MPs would be reduced from 650 to 600, to allow for a more even spread of voters in each constituency and it is predicted the Conservatives could gain an extra 20 seats as a result.
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