Lisbon Treaty — Change the date upon which the Treaty will come into force — rejected — 11 Jun 2008 at 19:24
Lord Dixon voted with the majority (Not-Content).
The majority of the Lords voted against changing the time when the Lisbon Treaty comes into force.[1] As the European Union (Amendment) Bill stood the Lisbon Treaty would come into force when the Bill received Royal Assent. The amendment attempted to change the wording of the Bill so that it would come into force when the Secretary of State introduced a statutory instrument to enact the relevant sections. However, the amendment was defeated.
The European Union (Amendment) Bill implements the Lisbon Treaty into UK law. The main aims of the Lisbon Treaty were to[2]:
- Streamline EU institutions
- Establish a permanent President of the European Council (as of 16 March 2010 held by Herman Van Rompuy)
- Establish the post of High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (as of 16 March 2010 held by Catherine Ashton)
- Give new powers to the EU over justice and home affairs
- Remove the national veto in some areas such as energy security and emergency aid
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- [1] Lord Howell of Guildford, House of Lords, 11 June 2008
- [2] BBC News Q&A: The Lisbon Treaty, 5 February 2010
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 is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.Party | Majority (Not-Content) | Minority (Content) | Turnout |
Bishop | 3 | 0 | 12.0% |
Con | 8 | 166 (+2 tell) | 86.3% |
Crossbench | 47 | 36 | 43.7% |
DUP | 0 | 3 | 100.0% |
Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
Lab | 147 (+2 tell) | 2 | 68.6% |
LDem | 65 | 1 | 84.6% |
UKIP | 0 | 2 | 100.0% |
UUP | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
Total: | 270 | 212 | 67.1% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by party
Lords 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 lord who could have voted in this division
Name | Party | Vote |
Lord Bowness | Con (front bench) | no |
Lord Brittan of Spennithorne | Con | no |
Lord Garel-Jones | Con | no |
Lord Heseltine | Con | no |
Lord Howe of Aberavon | Con (front bench) | no |
Lord Hurd of Westwell | Con | no |
Lord Patten of Barnes | Con | no |
Lord Tugendhat | Con | no |
Lord Alton of Liverpool | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Ampthill | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Ballyedmond | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Bew | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Bilimoria | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Cameron of Dillington | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Chalfont | Crossbench | aye |
Baroness Cox | Crossbench | aye |
Viscount Craigavon | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Dear | Crossbench | aye |
Baroness Deech | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
Lord Fellowes | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Greenway | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Hameed | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Kilclooney | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Luce | Crossbench | aye |
The Countess of Mar | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
Baroness Masham of Ilton | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
Lord Monson | Crossbench | aye |
Viscount Montgomery of Alamein | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
Lord Moran | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Neill of Bladen | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Nickson | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Ouseley | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Owen | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Palmer | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
Lord Ramsbotham | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Rees-Mogg | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Rowe-Beddoe | Crossbench | aye |
Lady Saltoun of Abernethy | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
Lord Scott of Foscote | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Skidelsky | Crossbench | aye |
Viscount Slim | Crossbench | aye |
Lord St John of Bletso | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Sutherland of Houndwood | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
Viscount Tenby | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
Lord Gilbert | Lab | aye |
Viscount Simon | Lab (minister) | aye |
Lord Burnett | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Lord Laird | UUP | no |