European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — Second Reading — 1 Feb 2017 at 18:47

The majority of MPs voted to empower the Prime Minister to give notification of the United Kingdom's intention to leave the European Union.

MPs were considering the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill[1]

The Bill's operative clause was titled: Power to notify withdrawal from the EU and stated:

  • (1) The Prime Minister may notify, under Article 50(2) of the Treaty on European Union, the United Kingdom’s intention to withdraw from the EU.
  • (2) This section has effect despite any provision made by or under the European Communities Act 1972 or any other enactment.

The majority of MPs supported the following motion

  • That the Bill be now read a Second time.

The support for this motion enabled the Bill to continue on its path to becoming law.

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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 (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Con319 (+2 tell) 1097.9%
DUP8 00100.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent0 30100.0%
Lab168 47093.5%
LDem0 7077.8%
PC0 2066.7%
SDLP0 30100.0%
SNP0 50 (+2 tell)096.3%
UKIP1 00100.0%
UUP2 00100.0%
Total:498 114095.8%

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
Kenneth ClarkeRushcliffeConno
Heidi AlexanderLewisham EastLab (minister)no
Rushanara AliBethnal Green and BowLab (minister)no
Graham AllenNottingham NorthLabno
Rosena Allin-KhanTootingLab (minister)no
Luciana BergerLiverpool, WavertreeLab (minister)no
Ben BradshawExeterLab (minister)no
Kevin BrennanCardiff WestLab (minister)no
Lyn BrownWest HamLab (minister)no
Chris BryantRhonddaLab (minister)no
Karen BuckWestminster NorthLab (minister)no
Dawn ButlerBrent CentralLabno
Ruth CadburyBrentford and IsleworthLab (minister)no
Ann ClwydCynon ValleyLab (minister)no
Ann CoffeyStockportLabno
Neil CoyleBermondsey and Old SouthwarkLab (minister)no
Mary CreaghWakefieldLab (minister)no
Stella CreasyWalthamstowLab (minister)no
Thangam DebbonaireBristol WestLab (minister)no
Stephen DoughtyCardiff South and PenarthLab (minister)no
Jim DowdLewisham West and PengeLab (minister)no
Maria EagleGarston and HalewoodLabno
Louise EllmanLiverpool, RiversideLab (minister)no
Paul FarrellyNewcastle-under-LymeLabno
Vicky FoxcroftLewisham, DeptfordLab (minister)no
Mike GapesIlford SouthLab (minister)no
Lilian GreenwoodNottingham SouthLab (minister)no
Helen HayesDulwich and West NorwoodLab (minister)no
Meg HillierHackney South and ShoreditchLab (minister)no
Rupa HuqEaling Central and ActonLab (minister)no
Peter KyleHoveLab (minister)no
David LammyTottenhamLab (minister)no
Rachael MaskellYork CentralLab (minister)no
Kerry McCarthyBristol EastLab (minister)no
Catherine McKinnellNewcastle upon Tyne NorthLab (minister)no
Madeleine MoonBridgendLab (minister)no
Ian MurrayEdinburgh SouthLab (minister)no
Steve PoundEaling NorthLab (minister)no
Virendra SharmaEaling, SouthallLab (minister)no
Tulip SiddiqHampstead and KilburnLabno
Andrew SlaughterHammersmithLab (minister)no
Jeff SmithManchester, WithingtonLab (minister)no
Owen SmithPontypriddLabno
Jo StevensCardiff CentralLabno
Stephen TimmsEast HamLab (minister)no
Catherine WestHornsey and Wood GreenLab (minister)no
Alan WhiteheadSouthampton, TestLab (minister)no
Daniel ZeichnerCambridgeLab (minister)no

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