European Union Bill — 9 Feb 2005 at 18:40

Ian Liddell-Grainger MP, Bridgwater voted in the minority (Aye).

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time.

I have it in command from Her Majesty the Queen to acquaint the House that Her Majesty, having been informed of the purport of the Bill, has consented to place her prerogative and interest, so far as they are affected by the Bill, at the disposal of Parliament for the purposes of the Bill.

I beg to move, To leave out from "That" to the end of the Question, and to add instead thereof:

That this House declines to give a second reading to the European Union Bill because, whilst it enables the broadly-supported and necessary Referendum to be held on the Constitution for Europe, it also provides for the implementation into UK law of that Constitution for Europe; it enshrines the primacy of European Union law and puts in place many of the elements of a state; it transfers further powers to the European Union institutions and further promotes the concept of a common foreign and security policy and a common economic policy; it further encourages the over implementation of European regulations; it extends the powers to legislate by order; it extends the competences of the European Union in many areas including asylum and immigration, criminal and civil law; and it therefore further diminishes the sovereignty of the United Kingdom.

Question put, That the amendment be made:-

The House divided: Ayes 131, Noes 348.

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con0 121 (+2 tell)076.4%
DUP0 3042.9%
Independent0 1033.3%
Lab308 (+2 tell) 0076.0%
LDem35 2067.3%
PC2 0050.0%
SNP3 0060.0%
UUP0 4080.0%
Total:348 131074.5%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible MP who could have voted in this division

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Mr John BurnettTorridge and West DevonLDem (front bench)aye
Mike HancockPortsmouth SouthLDem (front bench)aye

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