European Union Documents — Relocation of Migrants in need of International Protection — 14 Dec 2015 at 19:41

The majority of MPs voted to support the Government's decision not to opt into a European Union response to disproportionate migration into certain states involving measures to relocate individuals in need of international protection (asylum).

The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:

  • That this House
  • takes note of European Union Documents No. 9355/15 and Addendum and No. 11132/15, international protection for the benefit of Italy and Greece, No. 11843/15 and Addendum, establishing a crisis relocation mechanism, and No. 11844/15 and Addendum, international protection for the benefit of Italy, Greece and Hungary; and
  • agrees with the Government’s decision'' not to opt in to proposals establishing provisional measures for the relocation of individuals in need of international protection or to the proposal establishing a crisis relocation mechanism.

Debate in Parliament | Source |

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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.

PartyMajority (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Con271 (+2 tell) 0082.7%
DUP1 0012.5%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent1 20100.0%
Lab0 100.4%
LDem0 2025.0%
PC0 2066.7%
SDLP0 2066.7%
SNP0 42 (+2 tell)081.5%
UKIP1 00100.0%
UUP1 0050.0%
Total:275 52051.3%

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

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
no rebellions

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