European Union Bill — New Clause 11 — Referendum on EU Membership If Referendum Opposes Transfer of Powers — 1 Feb 2011 at 21:15
The majority of MPs voted against a proposal that if a proposed transfer of powers from the UK to the EU was rejected in a referendum a subsequent, binding, referendum ought be held on the UK's membership of the EU.
MPs were debating the European Union Bill[1]. The text of the clause MPs rejected was:
- In order to meet the referendum condition referred to in section 2, section 3 and section 6 of this Act, the Act providing for the approval of-
- (a) a treaty under the terms of section 2; or
- (b) a decision under the terms of section 3; or
- (c) a decision or draft decision under section 6
- shall also provide for a further binding referendum to be held on continuing United Kingdom membership of the European Union, if the majority of those voting in a referendum held under the terms of the relevant section are opposed to the ratification of the treaty, decision or draft decision, as the case may be
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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 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 |
Alliance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
Con | 250 (+2 tell) | 18 (+2 tell) | 0 | 88.9% |
DUP | 0 | 4 | 0 | 50.0% |
Lab | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.6% |
LDem | 43 | 0 | 0 | 75.4% |
SDLP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.3% |
Total: | 295 | 26 | 0 | 51.3% |
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 |
Steven Baker | Wycombe | Con (front bench) | aye |
John Baron | Basildon and Billericay | Con (front bench) | aye |
Peter Bone | Wellingborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
Andrew Bridgen | North West Leicestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
Douglas Carswell | Clacton | Con | aye |
Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | aye |
Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | aye |
James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | aye |
Richard Drax | South Dorset | Con (front bench) | aye |
Zac Goldsmith | Richmond Park | Con (front bench) | aye |
Gordon Henderson | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Con (front bench) | aye |
Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
Bernard Jenkin | Harwich and North Essex | Con (front bench) | aye |
Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | aye |
Anne Main | St Albans | Con (front bench) | aye |
David Nuttall | Bury North | Con (front bench) | aye |
Andrew Percy | Brigg and Goole | Con (front bench) | aye |
Mark Reckless | Rochester and Strood | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | aye |
Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | aye |