Lisbon Treaty — Approves of the government's policy towards the Lisbon Treaty with regards to foreign affairs — 20 Feb 2008 at 16:15

The majority Aye voters successfully approved[1] the Government's policy towards the Treaty of Lisbon in respect of the Treaty's provisions concerning foreign, security and defence policy.

This was thus a further step along the road of ratifying the Lisbon Treaty and promoting closer European integration.

The main aims of the Lisbon Treaty were to[2]:

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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
Con2 148 (+2 tell)078.8%
DUP0 6066.7%
Independent1 0020.0%
Lab282 (+2 tell) 2081.3%
LDem50 0079.4%
PC0 30100.0%
SDLP2 0066.7%
SNP0 4066.7%
Total:337 163079.5%

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
Kenneth ClarkeRushcliffeCon (front bench)aye
John GummerSuffolk CoastalConaye
Ian DavidsonGlasgow South WestLab (minister)no
David MarshallGlasgow EastLab (minister)no

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