Lisbon Treaty — Parliamentary approval required before the UK can take on more obligations from the European Union — rejected — 9 Jun 2008 at 16:58

The majority Not-Contents rejected an amendment[1] to the European Union (Amendment) Bill. This would have required parliamentary approval to be given before the UK could take on more obligations from the European Union (EU).

The European Union (Amendment) Bill implements the Lisbon Treaty into UK law. 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 is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (Not-Content)Minority (Content)Turnout
Bishop3 012.0%
Con1 166 (+2 tell)82.8%
Crossbench30 2026.3%
Independent Labour0 1100.0%
Lab141 (+2 tell) 165.5%
LDem48 061.5%
UKIP0 150.0%
UUP0 1100.0%
Total:223 19057.8%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

Lords 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 lord who could have voted in this division

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NamePartyVote
Lord Bowness Con (front bench)no
Lord Ampthill Crossbenchaye
Lord Ballyedmond Crossbenchaye
Lord Bridges Crossbenchaye
Viscount Craigavon Crossbenchaye
Lord Dear Crossbenchaye
The Earl of ErrollCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Greenway Crossbenchaye
Lord Hastings of ScarisbrickCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Janvrin Crossbenchaye
Lord Luce Crossbenchaye
Lord Monson Crossbenchaye
Lord Neill of BladenCrossbenchaye
Lord Owen Crossbenchaye
Lord Palmer Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Rees-Mogg Crossbenchaye
Lord Rowe-Beddoe Crossbenchaye
Lady Saltoun of AbernethyCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Stevens of KirkwhelpingtonCrossbenchaye
Lord Sutherland of HoundwoodCrossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Warnock Crossbenchaye
Viscount Waverley Crossbenchaye
Lord Brooks of TremorfaLabaye

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