European Union (Referendum) Bill — Closure Motion on Debate on Eligibility to Vote in Referendum on the UK Membership of the EU — 8 Nov 2013 at 12:15

Stewart Jackson MP, Peterborough voted to close the debate on who ought be eligible to vote in a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU and move to votes on the matter.

The majority of MPs voted to stop debating the European Union (Referendum) Bill[1], specifically the question of who ought be eligible to vote in a referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union and move straight to a vote on that subject.

The motion voted on was:

"That the Question be now put."

The motion was moved under House of Commons Standing Order No. 36[2]

This was a procedural motion. See details of the subsequent substantive vote

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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 (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Con288 (+2 tell) 0095.1%
Lab4 32 (+2 tell)014.7%
LDem1 001.8%
Total:293 32053.2%

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

Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote

NameConstituencyPartyVote
Kate HoeyVauxhallLab (minister)aye
Kelvin HopkinsLuton NorthLab (minister)aye
Graham StringerBlackley and BroughtonLab (minister)aye
Keith VazLeicester EastLab (minister)aye

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