European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause 6 — Publication of Legal Advice on Varying Notification of Withdrawal from the EU — 17 Jan 2018 at 16:30
John Grogan MP, Keighley voted to require the publication of the Government's legal advice on the ability of the UK to alter or revoke the notification of its intent to leave the EU.
The majority of MPs voted against requiring the publication of the Government's legal advice on the ability of the United Kingdom to alter or revoke the notification of its intent to leave the European Union.
MPs were considering the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill[1].
The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was titled: Alteration to the notification under Article 50(2) of the Treaty on the European Union and stated:
- ‘Her Majesty’s Government shall publish a summary of the legal advice it has received in respect of the ability of the United Kingdom to extend, alter or revoke the notification, under Article 50(2) of the Treaty on the European Union, of the United Kingdom’s intention to withdraw from the EU.’
The rejected new clause was accompanied by the following explanatory statement:
- This new clause would require Ministers to place in the public domain a summary of the legal advice they have received concerning the options available for the United Kingdom in respect of the notification made under Article 50 of the Treaty on the European Union.
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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 | 308 (+2 tell) | 0 | 0 | 98.1% |
DUP | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Independent | 0 | 4 | 0 | 80.0% |
Lab | 3 | 244 (+2 tell) | 0 | 96.1% |
LDem | 0 | 10 | 0 | 83.3% |
PC | 0 | 4 | 0 | 100.0% |
SNP | 0 | 35 | 0 | 100.0% |
Total: | 321 | 298 | 0 | 97.0% |
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 |
Frank Field | Birkenhead | whilst Lab (front bench) | no |
Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | no |
Graham Stringer | Blackley and Broughton | Lab (minister) | no |