Paragraph 46
England, Wales and Scotland
A resolution put to the vote of a meeting shall be decided on a show of hands unless before, or on the declaration of the result of, the show of hands a poll is duly demanded. Subject to the provisions of the Act, a poll may be demanded—
by the chairman; or
by at least two members having the right to vote at the meeting; or
by a member or members representing not less than one-tenth of the total voting rights of all the members having the right to vote at the meeting; or
by a member or members holding shares conferring a right to vote at the meeting being shares on which an aggregate sum has been paid up equal to not less than one-tenth of the total sum paid up on all the shares conferring that right;
and a demand by a person as proxy for a member shall be the same as a demand by the member.