Lisbon Treaty — Referendum on the Euro — rejected — 20 May 2008 at 17:24
The majority Not-Contents rejected an amendment[1] to the European Union (Amendment) Bill. The amendment would have required a referendum to take place on the Euro if the government wanted to adopt the currency.
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] Lord Blackwell, House of Lords, 20 May 2008
- [2] BBC News Q&A: The Lisbon Treaty, 5 February 2010
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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 is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.| Party | Majority (Not-Content) | Minority (Content) | Turnout |
| Bishop | 1 | 0 | 4.0% |
| Con | 2 | 112 (+2 tell) | 56.9% |
| Crossbench | 24 | 11 | 18.6% |
| DUP | 0 | 2 | 66.7% |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 121 (+2 tell) | 1 | 56.4% |
| LDem | 45 | 1 | 59.0% |
| UKIP | 0 | 2 | 100.0% |
| UUP | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Total: | 193 | 131 | 45.4% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by vote
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.