Lisbon Treaty — Disapproves of the government's policy towards the Lisbon Treaty in terms of justice and home affairs — rejected — 29 Jan 2008 at 19:08
Celia Barlow MP, Hove voted with the majority (No).
The majority No voters rejected an amendment[1] that would have disapproved of:
- 'the Government's policy towards the Treaty of Lisbon in respect of provisions concerning fighting cross-border crime, justice, policing, human trafficking and asylum and migration policy.'
The Conservatives argued that they disapproved because:
- 'the Treaty weakens the UK's ability to determine its own policy in these important fields [and...] abolishes the safeguard of the national veto in almost all remaining areas in justice and home affairs matters.'[2]
However, Jim Murphy MP argued:
- 'The Government fundamentally respect national boundaries and borders, but it is clear that criminals and terrorists do not. That is why EU co-operation at this level is so vital. It is only by working with our European partners that we can better combat organised crime, terrorism and illegal immigration, that we can bring criminals to justice and that we can ensure rights and legal certainty for all EU citizens.'[3]
As the amendment was not carried, the House approved the Government's policy towards the Lisbon Treaty in the areas of justice and home affairs.
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- [1] Dominic Grieve MP, House of Commons, 29 January 2008
- [2] Dominic Grieve MP, House of Commons, 29 January 2008
- [3] Jim Murphy MP, House of Commons, 29 January 2008
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 | 0 | 157 (+2 tell) | 0 | 82.4% |
DUP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11.1% |
Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | 75.0% |
Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
Lab | 298 (+2 tell) | 7 | 1 | 87.5% |
LDem | 51 | 0 | 0 | 81.0% |
PC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
SNP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 66.7% |
Total: | 359 | 166 | 1 | 84.0% |
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 |
Ian Davidson | Glasgow South West | Lab (minister) | aye |
David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | aye |
Gwyneth Dunwoody | Crewe and Nantwich | Lab (minister) | aye |
Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
David Marshall | Glasgow East | Lab (minister) | aye |
Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | aye |
Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | aye |
Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | both |