European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 1 — Repeal of the European Communities Act 1972 — Consent of Devolved Legislatures — 14 Nov 2017 at 18:45
The majority of MPs voted against requiring the consent of the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales and the Northern Ireland Assembly for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.
MPs were considering the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill[1].
The amendment rejected in this vote was:
- Amendment 79, page 1, line 3, at end insert:
- ‘(2) Regulations under section 19(2) bringing into force subsection (1) may not be made until the Prime Minister is satisfied that resolutions have been passed by the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales and the Northern Ireland Assembly signifying consent to the commencement of subsection (1).”
Had the amendment not been rejected the new subclause would have been added to Clause 1 of the Bill[2], which at the time of the vote only had one clause, stating:
- The European Communities Act 1972 is repealed on exit day.
The European Communities Act 1972 legislated for the UK's membership of European Communities and incorporated European Union law into UK law.
Clause 19 of the Bill[3] sets out the dates when elements of the Bill come into force, it states Clause 1 would take effect "on such day as a Minister of the Crown may by regulations appoint", the rejected amendment sought to add a condition for appointing such a date.
The rejected amendment was accompanied by the following explanatory note:
- This amendment would make the repeal of the European Communities Act 1972 on exit day conditional on the Prime Minister gaining consent from the devolved legislatures.
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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 |
Con | 305 (+2 tell) | 0 | 0 | 97.2% |
DUP | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
Lab | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.5% |
LDem | 0 | 12 | 0 | 100.0% |
PC | 0 | 4 | 0 | 100.0% |
SNP | 0 | 33 (+2 tell) | 0 | 100.0% |
Total: | 319 | 52 | 0 | 58.4% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by constituency
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 |
Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | aye |