Lisbon Treaty — Clause on 'Commencement' of the Bill should remain in the Bill — 5 Mar 2008 at 18:30
The majority Aye voters passed a motion[1] that clause 8 ('Commencement') of the European Union (Amendment) Bill should remain in the Bill.
This vote took place after two votes on whether there should be a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. Consequently, the House of Commons confirmed when the Lisbon Treaty would come into force in the UK.
The European Union (Amendment) Bill implements the Lisbon Treaty into UK law. The main aims of the Lisbon Treaty were to[2]:
- 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] Motion on Clause 8
- [2] 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 | 1 | 186 (+2 tell) | 0 | 97.9% |
| DUP | 0 | 6 | 0 | 66.7% |
| Independent | 0 | 3 | 0 | 60.0% |
| Lab | 308 (+2 tell) | 6 | 0 | 89.8% |
| LDem | 46 | 7 | 0 | 84.1% |
| PC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SNP | 0 | 6 | 0 | 100.0% |
| UUP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Total: | 355 | 218 | 0 | 91.3% |
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 |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | no |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow South West | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | no |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Sandra Gidley | Romsey | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | no |
| John Hemming | Birmingham, Yardley | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem (front bench) | no |
| John Pugh | Southport | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem (front bench) | no |