European Union Referendum Bill — Allowing Those Aged 16 and 17 to Vote in the Referendum — 7 Sep 2015 at 23:27

Sarah Wollaston MP, Totnes voted to allow those aged 16 and 17 to vote in the referendum on if the UK should remain a member of the EU.

The majority of MPs voted against allowing those aged 16 and 17 to vote in the referendum on if the United Kingdom should remain a member of the European Union.

MPs were considering the European Union Referendum Bill.[1]

The amendment rejected in this vote was:

  • Amendment 17, page 2, line 2, at end insert
  • “and persons who would be so entitled except for the fact that they will be aged 16 or 17 on the date on which the referendum is to be held.

The rejected amendment sought to amend Clause 2 of the Bill[2] titled Entitlement to vote in the referendum adding the text in question to the end of Clause 2(1) which began:

  • Those entitled to vote in the referendum are—
  • the persons who, on the date of the referendum, would be entitled to vote as electors at a parliamentary election in any constituency,

The clause goes on to deal with special cases of relating to members of the House of Lords and Gibraltar.

Debate in Parliament | Source |

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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
Con310 (+2 tell) 2095.2%
DUP7 0087.5%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent0 10100.0%
Lab0 181 (+2 tell)078.9%
LDem0 3037.5%
PC0 30100.0%
SDLP0 30100.0%
SNP0 55098.2%
UUP2 00100.0%
Total:319 249088.8%

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
Jason McCartneyColne ValleyConaye
Sarah WollastonTotnesCon (front bench)aye

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