Lisbon Treaty — Act of Parliament needed to modify the Lisbon Treaty — rejected — 4 Mar 2008 at 22:30
The majority No voters rejected an amendment[1] to the European Union (Amendment) Bill. The amendment would have required an Act of Parliament to be made where the European Union (EU) wanted to move certain policy areas from being decided by unanimity to qualified majority voting (known as the passerelle clauses).
William Hague moved this amendment because as the Bill stood the government could call a vote on this issue with little to no parliamentary debate[2].
The European Union (Amendment) Bill implements the Lisbon Treaty into UK law. The main aims of the Lisbon Treaty were to[3]:
- 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] William Hague MP, House of Commons, 4 March 2008
- [2] William Hague MP, House of Commons, 4 March 2008
- [3] 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 (No) | Minority (Aye) | Both | Turnout |
| Con | 2 | 181 (+2 tell) | 0 | 95.9% |
| DUP | 0 | 5 | 0 | 55.6% |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40.0% |
| Lab | 304 (+2 tell) | 3 | 0 | 87.8% |
| LDem | 0 | 41 | 0 | 65.1% |
| PC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SDLP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.3% |
| SNP | 0 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% |
| Total: | 307 | 239 | 0 | 86.8% |
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) | no |
| John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con | no |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow South West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | aye |