European Union (Referendum) Bill — Wording of Referendum Question — 24 Jan 2014 at 12:30

The majority of members of the House of Lords voted in favour of the question for the referendum of the UK's membership of the EU being "Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?" rather than "Do you think that the United Kingdom should be a member of the European Union?"

Members of the House of Lords were considering the European Union (Referendum) Bill[1] The amendment accepted in this vote was:

  • Amendment 1: Clause 1, page 1, line 2, leave out subsection (1) and insert:

“(1) A referendum is to be held with the question— “Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?” appearing on the ballot papers.”

at the time of the vote subsection (1) stated:

  • A referendum is to be held on the United Kingdom’s membership of the

European Union.

Subsection (4) stated:

  • The question that is to appear on the ballot papers is— “Do you think that the United Kingdom should be a member of the European Union?”

As the approved amendment alone would have left the Bill containing two different questions presumably the intent would have been to make a consequential amendment removing subsection (4). Amendment 28[2] would in-fact have had such an effect and it was subsequently agreed without a vote[3].

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Lord Bowness Con (front bench)aye
Lord Inglewood Con (front bench)aye
Lord Tugendhat Con (front bench)aye
Lord Ahmad of WimbledonCon (front bench)no
Baroness Anelay of St JohnsCon (front bench)no
The Earl of ArranConno
Lord Ashton of HydeConno
Viscount Astor Conno
Lord Astor of HeverCon (front bench)no
Earl Attlee Con (front bench)no
Lord Baker of DorkingConno
Lord Balfe Conno
Lord Bamford Conno
Lord Bates Con (front bench)no
Baroness Berridge Con (front bench)no
Lord Black of BrentwoodCon (front bench)no
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Lord Borwick Conno
Baroness Bottomley of NettlestoneConno
Lord Brabazon of TaraConno
Viscount Bridgeman Conno
Lord Brooke of Sutton MandevilleCon (front bench)no
Lord Brougham and Vaux Con (front bench)no
Baroness Browning Con (front bench)no
Baroness Buscombe Con (front bench)no
The Earl of CaithnessConno
Lord Carrington of FulhamConno
Earl Cathcart Conno
Lord Cavendish of FurnessConno
Lord Chadlington Conno
Lord Coe Conno
Lord Colwyn Con (front bench)no
Lord Cope of BerkeleyCon (front bench)no
Lord Cormack Con (front bench)no
The Earl of CourtownContellno
Lord Crickhowell Con (front bench)no
Lord de Mauley Con (front bench)no
Lord Deighton Con (front bench)no
Lord Dixon-Smith Con (front bench)no
Lord Dobbs Conno
Baroness Eaton Conno
Viscount Eccles Conno
Baroness Eccles of MoultonCon (front bench)no
Lord Eden of WintonConno
Lord Edmiston Conno
Lord Elton Con (front bench)no
Lord Faulks Con (front bench)no
Lord Fink Conno
Lord Finkelstein Conno
Lord Flight Conno
Baroness Fookes Con (front bench)no
Lord Forsyth of DrumleanCon (front bench)no
Lord Fowler Conno
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Lord Freeman Conno
Lord Freud Con (front bench)no
Lord Gardiner of KimbleCon (front bench)no
Baroness Gardner of ParkesConno
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Lord Gold Conno
Lord Goodlad Con (front bench)no
Viscount Goschen Conno
Lord Hamilton of EpsomConno
Baroness Hanham Con (front bench)no
Lord Henley Conno
Baroness Heyhoe Flint Conno
Lord Higgins Con (front bench)no
Lord Hill of OarefordCon (front bench)no
Baroness Hodgson of AbingerConno
Lord Hodgson of Astley AbbottsCon (front bench)no
Baroness Hooper Con (front bench)no
Lord Horam Con (front bench)no
Lord Howard of RisingCon (front bench)no
Earl Howe Con (front bench)no
Lord Hunt of WirralConno
Lord James of BlackheathConno
Baroness Jenkin of KenningtonCon (front bench)no
Lord Jenkin of RodingConno
Lord Jopling Conno
Lord Kalms Conno
Lord King of BridgwaterCon (front bench)no
Lord Kirkham Conno
Lord Lamont of LerwickConno
Lord Lang of MonktonCon (front bench)no
Lord Leigh of HurleyCon (front bench)no
Lord Lexden Con (front bench)no
Lord Lingfield Conno
The Earl of LiverpoolConno
Lord Livingston of ParkheadCon (front bench)no
Lord Lucas Conno
Lord Lyell Con (front bench)no
Lord MacGregor of Pulham MarketCon (front bench)no
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Lord Mancroft Con (front bench)no
Lord Marlesford Con (front bench)no
Lord Mawhinney Conno
Lord Mayhew of TwysdenCon (front bench)no
Baroness Miller of HendonConno
The Duke of MontroseConno
Baroness Morris of BoltonCon (front bench)no
Lord Moynihan Conno
Lord Naseby Con (front bench)no
Lord Nash Con (front bench)no
Baroness Neville-Jones Con (front bench)no
Baroness Neville-Rolfe Conno
Baroness Newlove Conno
Baroness Noakes Con (front bench)no
Lord Norton of LouthCon (front bench)no
Baroness O'Cathain Con (front bench)no
Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes Conno
Baroness Perry of SouthwarkCon (front bench)tellno
Lord Popat Con (front bench)no
Baroness Rawlings Con (front bench)no
Lord Renfrew of KaimsthornConno
Lord Renton of Mount HarryConno
Viscount Ridley Conno
Lord Risby Conno
Baroness Seccombe Con (front bench)no
The Earl of SelborneCon (front bench)no
Lord Selkirk of DouglasCon (front bench)no
Lord Selsdon Conno
Baroness Shackleton of BelgraviaConno
Baroness Sharples Conno
Lord Shaw of NorthsteadCon (front bench)no
Lord Sheikh Conno
Lord Sherbourne of DidsburyConno
The Earl of ShrewsburyCon (front bench)no
Lord Skelmersdale Con (front bench)no
Baroness Stedman-Scott Con (front bench)no
Lord Sterling of PlaistowCon (front bench)no
Lord Stevens of LudgateConno
Lord Stewartby Con (front bench)no
Baroness Stowell of BeestonCon (front bench)no
Lord Strathclyde Conno
Lord Swinfen Con (front bench)no
Lord Taylor of HolbeachCon (front bench)no
Lord Trefgarne Con (front bench)no
Viscount Trenchard Conno
Lord Trimble Con (front bench)no
Baroness Trumpington Conno
Baroness Verma Con (front bench)no
Lord Waddington Conno
Lord Wakeham Con (front bench)no
Baroness Warsi Con (front bench)no
Lord Wasserman Conno
Lord Wei Conno
Baroness Wheatcroft Con (front bench)no
Lord Whitby Conno
Baroness Wilcox Conno
Baroness Williams of TraffordConno
Lord Wolfson of Aspley GuiseConno
Viscount Younger of LeckieCon (front bench)no
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Lord Berkeley of KnightonCrossbenchaye
Lord Best Crossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Boothroyd Crossbenchaye
Lord Butler of BrockwellCrossbench (front bench)aye
The Earl of ClancartyCrossbenchaye
Lord Craig of RadleyCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Elystan-Morgan Crossbenchaye
The Earl of ErrollCrossbenchaye
Lord Fellowes Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Hannay of ChiswickCrossbench (front bench)aye
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Lord Hennessy of NympsfieldCrossbenchaye
Baroness Howe of IdlicoteCrossbenchaye
Lord Kerr of KinlochardCrossbenchtellaye
Lord Low of DalstonCrossbenchaye
Lord Mawson Crossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Morgan of DrefelinCrossbenchaye
Lord Ouseley Crossbenchaye
Lord Quirk Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Ramsbotham Crossbench (front bench)aye
Viscount Slim Crossbenchaye
Baroness Stern Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Stirrup Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Turnbull Crossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Warnock Crossbenchaye
Lord Wright of RichmondCrossbenchaye
Baroness Young of HornseyCrossbenchaye
Lord Jones of BirminghamCrossbenchno
Lord Kilclooney Crossbenchno
Lord Powell of BayswaterCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Stoddart of SwindonIndependent Labourno
Lord Brown of Eaton-under-HeywoodJudge (front bench)aye
Baroness Adams of CraigieleaLabaye
Lord Ahmed Labaye
Lord Alli Labaye
Lord Anderson of SwanseaLabaye
Baroness Andrews Lab (minister)aye
Lord Bach Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Bakewell Lab (minister)aye
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Lord Bragg Labaye
Lord Brennan Labaye
Lord Brooke of AlverthorpeLabaye
Lord Brookman Labaye
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Lord Carter of ColesLab (minister)aye
Viscount Chandos Labaye
Lord Christopher Lab (minister)aye
Lord Clarke of HampsteadLabaye
Lord Clinton-Davis Labaye
Lord Collins of HighburyLab (minister)aye
Baroness Crawley Labaye
Lord Davies of CoityLab (minister)aye
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Lord Davies of StamfordLabaye
Lord Desai Labaye
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Lord Drayson Labaye
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Lord Elder Labaye
Lord Evans of Temple GuitingLabaye
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Lord Faulkner of WorcesterLab (minister)aye
Baroness Ford Labaye
Lord Foulkes of CumnockLab (minister)aye
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Baroness Gibson of Market RasenLab (minister)aye
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Lord Glasman Labaye
Baroness Golding Labaye
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Baroness Gould of PotternewtonLab (minister)aye
Lord Graham of EdmontonLabaye
Lord Grantchester Lab (minister)aye
Lord Grenfell Lab (minister)aye
Viscount Hanworth Lab (minister)aye
Lord Harris of HaringeyLab (minister)aye
Lord Harrison Lab (minister)aye
Lord Hart of ChiltonLab (minister)aye
Lord Hattersley Labaye
Lord Haworth Labaye
Baroness Hayter of Kentish TownLab (minister)aye
Baroness Healy of Primrose HillLab (minister)aye
Baroness Henig Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Hilton of EggardonLab (minister)aye
Baroness Hollis of HeighamLab (minister)aye
Lord Howarth of NewportLabaye
Baroness Howells of St DavidsLab (minister)aye
Lord Howie of TroonLabaye
Lord Hoyle Labaye
Lord Hughes of WoodsideLabaye
Lord Hunt of Kings HeathLab (minister)aye
Lord Irvine of LairgLab (minister)aye
Lord Jones Labaye
Baroness Jones of WhitchurchLab (minister)aye
Lord Kennedy of SouthwarkLab (minister)aye
Baroness Kennedy of The ShawsLab (minister)aye
Baroness King of BowLabaye
Lord Kinnock Labaye
Baroness Kinnock of HolyheadLabaye
Lord Kirkhill Labaye
Lord Knight of WeymouthLab (minister)aye
Lord Lea of CrondallLabaye
Lord Leitch Labaye
Lord Liddle Lab (minister)aye
Lord Lipsey Lab (minister)aye
Lord MacKenzie of CulkeinLabaye
Baroness Massey of DarwenLab (minister)aye
Lord Maxton Lab (minister)aye
Lord McAvoy Lab (minister)aye
Lord McFall of AlcluithLab (minister)aye
Baroness McIntosh of HudnallLab (minister)aye
Lord McKenzie of LutonLab (minister)aye
Lord Mendelsohn Labaye
Lord Mitchell Labaye
Lord Monks Labaye
Lord Morgan Labaye
Baroness Morgan of ElyLab (minister)aye
Baroness Morgan of HuytonLab (minister)aye
Lord Morris of HandsworthLabaye
Lord Noon Labaye
Baroness Nye Labaye
Lord O'Neill of ClackmannanLab (minister)aye
Lord Parekh Labaye
Lord Paul Labaye
Lord Pendry Labaye
Lord Peston Lab (minister)aye
Lord Plant of HighfieldLab (minister)aye
Lord Ponsonby of ShulbredeLabaye
Lord Prescott Labaye
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Baroness Quin Lab (minister)aye
Lord Radice Labaye
Baroness Ramsay of CartvaleLab (minister)aye
Lord Rea Labaye
Lord Reid of CardowanLabaye
Baroness Rendell of BaberghLab (minister)aye
Lord Richard Lab (minister)aye
Lord Rogers of RiversideLabaye
Lord Rosser Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Royall of BlaisdonLab (minister)aye
Lord Sawyer Labaye
Baroness Scotland of AsthalLab (minister)aye
Baroness Sherlock Lab (minister)aye
Viscount Simon Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Smith of BasildonLab (minister)aye
Lord Smith of FinsburyLabaye
Lord Snape Labaye
Lord Soley Lab (minister)aye
Lord Stevenson of BalmacaraLab (minister)aye
Lord Stone of BlackheathLabaye
Baroness Symons of Vernham DeanLabaye
Lord Taylor of BlackburnLabaye
Lord Temple-Morris Labaye
Baroness Thornton Lab (minister)aye
Lord Tomlinson Lab (minister)aye
Lord Triesman Lab (minister)aye
Lord Truscott Labaye
Lord Tunnicliffe Lab (minister)aye
Lord Turnberg Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Turner of CamdenLabaye
Baroness Uddin Labaye
Baroness Wall of New BarnetLabaye
Lord Watson of InvergowrieLabaye
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Baroness Whitaker Labaye
Lord Whitty Labaye
Baroness Wilkins Labaye
Lord Williams of ElvelLabaye
Lord Wills Labaye
Lord Winston Lab (minister)aye
Lord Wood of AnfieldLab (minister)aye
Lord Woolmer of LeedsLab (minister)aye
Baroness Worthington Lab (minister)aye
Lord Moonie Labno
Lord Addington LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-HamdonLDemaye
Lord Avebury LDemaye
Baroness Bakewell of Hardington MandevilleLDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Barker LDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Benjamin LDemaye
Baroness Bonham-Carter of YarnburyLDemaye
Lord Chidgey LDemaye
Lord Clement-Jones LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Dholakia LDem (front bench)aye
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Lord Dykes LDemaye
Viscount Falkland LDemaye
Baroness Falkner of MargravineLDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Garden of FrognalLDemaye
Lord German LDemaye
Lord Greaves LDemaye
Baroness Grender LDemaye
Baroness Hamwee LDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Humphreys LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Hussain LDemaye
Baroness Hussein-Ece LDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Jolly LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Jones of CheltenhamLDemaye
Lord Kirkwood of KirkhopeLDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Kramer LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Lester of Herne HillLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Loomba LDemaye
Lord Maclennan of RogartLDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Maddock LDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Manzoor LDemaye
Lord McNally LDemaye
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne DomerLDemaye
Lord Newby LDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Nicholson of WinterbourneLDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Northover LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove BayLDemaye
Lord Paddick LDemaye
Lord Palmer of Childs HillLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Palumbo of SouthwarkLDemaye
Lord Phillips of SudburyLDemaye
Lord Purvis of TweedLDemaye
Baroness Randerson LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Razzall LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Redesdale LDemaye
Lord Rodgers of Quarry BankLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Roper LDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Scott of Needham MarketLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Sharkey LDemaye
Baroness Sharp of GuildfordLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Shipley LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Shutt of GreetlandLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Steel of AikwoodLDemaye
Lord Stephen LDemaye
Lord Stoneham of DroxfordLDemaye
Lord Storey LDemaye
Lord Strasburger LDemaye
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Lord Taverne LDemaye
Lord Teverson LDemaye
Lord Thomas of GresfordLDemaye
Baroness Thomas of WinchesterLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Tope LDemaye
Lord Wallace of SaltaireLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Wallace of TankernessLDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Walmsley LDemaye
Baroness Williams of CrosbyLDemaye
Lord Willis of KnaresboroughLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Maginnis of DrumglassNon-affiliatedno
Lord Wigley PCaye
Lord Pearson of RannochUKIPno
Lord Willoughby de Broke UKIPno
Lord Empey UUP (front bench)no

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