Rights for EU Nationals if the UK Leaves the EU — 19 Oct 2016 at 16:10

Jacob Rees-Mogg MP, North East Somerset voted against EU nationals living in the UK retaining rights, including the right to live and work in the UK, should the UK leave the EU.

The majority of MPs voted against EU nationals living in the UK retaining rights including the right to live and work in the UK, should the UK leave the EU.

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

  • That this House
  • recognises the contribution that nationals from other countries in the EU have made to the UK; and
  • calls on the Government to ensure that all nationals from other countries in the EU who have made the UK their home retain their current rights, including the rights to live and work in the UK, should the UK exit the EU.

Debate in Parliament |

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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 (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con288 (+2 tell) 2088.8%
DUP5 0062.5%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent0 30100.0%
Lab0 185080.1%
LDem0 5062.5%
PC0 2066.7%
SDLP0 2066.7%
SNP0 49 (+2 tell)094.4%
UUP0 1050.0%
Total:293 250085.2%

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

NameConstituencyPartyVote
Zac GoldsmithRichmond ParkCon (front bench)aye
Tania MathiasTwickenhamCon (front bench)aye

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