European Union Referendum Bill — Clause 2 — Entitlement to Vote in the Referendum — Those Aged Sixteen and Seventeen — 8 Dec 2015 at 13:30

Sarah Wollaston MP, Totnes voted to allow those aged sixteen and seventeen to vote in the referendum on the UK's membership of the EU.

The majority of MPs taking part voted against allowing those aged sixteen and seventeen to vote in the referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union.

MPs were considering the European Union Referendum Bill[1]

The motion supported by the majority of MPs taking part in this vote was:

  • That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 1.

Lords amendment 1 stated[2]:

  • Page 2, line 7, 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".

This would have impacted clause 2[3] of the Bill which began:

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

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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 (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Con297 (+2 tell) 4091.8%
DUP4 0050.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent0 1033.3%
Lab1 187 (+2 tell)081.9%
LDem0 6075.0%
PC0 2066.7%
SDLP0 2066.7%
SNP0 48088.9%
UKIP1 00100.0%
UUP0 20100.0%
Total:303 253086.8%

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
Peter BottomleyWorthing WestCon (front bench)no
Neil CarmichaelStroudCon (front bench)no
Jason McCartneyColne ValleyConno
Sarah WollastonTotnesCon (front bench)no
Barry SheermanHuddersfieldLabaye

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