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]:
- 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 Goodlad, House of Lords, 9 June 2008
- [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 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 | 3 | 0 | 12.0% |
| Con | 1 | 166 (+2 tell) | 82.8% |
| Crossbench | 30 | 20 | 26.3% |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 141 (+2 tell) | 1 | 65.5% |
| LDem | 48 | 0 | 61.5% |
| UKIP | 0 | 1 | 50.0% |
| UUP | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Total: | 223 | 190 | 57.8% |
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
| Name | Party | Vote |
| Lord Bowness | Con (front bench) | no |
| Lord Ampthill | Crossbench | aye |
| Lord Ballyedmond | Crossbench | aye |
| Lord Bridges | Crossbench | aye |
| Viscount Craigavon | Crossbench | aye |
| Lord Dear | Crossbench | aye |
| The Earl of Erroll | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
| Lord Greenway | Crossbench | aye |
| Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
| Lord Janvrin | Crossbench | aye |
| Lord Luce | Crossbench | aye |
| Lord Monson | Crossbench | aye |
| Lord Neill of Bladen | Crossbench | aye |
| Lord Owen | Crossbench | aye |
| Lord Palmer | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
| Lord Rees-Mogg | Crossbench | aye |
| Lord Rowe-Beddoe | Crossbench | aye |
| Lady Saltoun of Abernethy | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
| Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington | Crossbench | aye |
| Lord Sutherland of Houndwood | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
| Baroness Warnock | Crossbench | aye |
| Viscount Waverley | Crossbench | aye |
| Lord Brooks of Tremorfa | Lab | aye |