European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 6 — UK Courts and Tribunals — Regard for European Court and European Union Decisions — 14 Nov 2017 at 23:03
Geoffrey Robinson MP, Coventry North West voted to require courts or tribunals to pay due regard to any relevant decision of the European Court after the UK's withdrawal from the EU
The majority of MPs voted not to require courts or tribunals to have regard to anything done on or after exit day by the European Court, another EU entity or the EU.
MPs were considering the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill[1].
The amendment rejected in this vote was:
- Amendment 137, page 3, line 34, leave out subsection (2) and insert—
- “(2) When interpreting retained EU law after exit day a court or tribunal shall pay due regard to any relevant decision of the European Court.”
had it not been rejected this amendment would have impacted Clause 6 of the Bill[2], subsection (2) of which stated:
- A court or tribunal need not have regard to anything done on or after exit day by the European Court, another EU entity or the EU but may do so if it considers it appropriate to do so.
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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.
Party | Majority (No) | Minority (Aye) | Both | Turnout |
Con | 304 (+2 tell) | 1 | 0 | 97.2% |
DUP | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25.0% |
Lab | 2 | 245 | 0 | 95.0% |
LDem | 0 | 11 | 0 | 91.7% |
PC | 0 | 4 | 0 | 100.0% |
SNP | 0 | 33 (+2 tell) | 0 | 100.0% |
Total: | 316 | 296 | 0 | 96.0% |
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
Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | no |
Graham Stringer | Blackley and Broughton | Lab (minister) | no |