Lisbon Treaty — Second Reading — 21 Jan 2008 at 21:45
The majority Aye voters agreed to give a second reading to the European Union (Amendment) Bill. A second reading is where the main principles and purpose of a Bill is discussed. This Bill will give effect in United Kingdom law to the Lisbon Treaty.
The main aims of the Lisbon Treaty were to[1]:
- Streamline EU institutions
- Establish a permanent President of the European Council (as of 16 March 2010 held by Herman Van Rompuy)
- Establish the post of High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (as of 16 March 2010 held by Catherine Ashton)
- Give new powers to the EU over justice and home affairs
- Remove the national veto in some areas such as energy security and emergency aid
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- [1] BBC News Q&A: The Lisbon Treaty, 5 February 2010
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 (Aye) | Minority (No) | Both | Turnout |
| Con | 3 | 186 (+2 tell) | 0 | 98.5% |
| DUP | 0 | 9 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent | 0 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 307 (+2 tell) | 18 | 0 | 92.9% |
| LDem | 50 | 0 | 0 | 79.4% |
| PC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SDLP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.3% |
| SNP | 0 | 5 | 0 | 83.3% |
| Total: | 362 | 224 | 0 | 92.9% |
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 | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Curry | Skipton and Ripon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Taylor | Esher and Walton | Con | aye |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | no |
| John Cummings | Easington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow South West | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody | Crewe and Nantwich | Lab (minister) | no |
| Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab (minister) | no |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | no |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Marshall | Glasgow East | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | no |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | no |
| Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | no |