European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 5 — European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights — 21 Nov 2017 at 21:00

The majority of MPs voted against the European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights remaining part of UK law on the UK's withdrawal from the European Union.

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

The amendment rejected in this vote was:

  • Amendment 46, in clause 5, page 3, line 20, leave out subsection (4).

''Had it not been rejected the amendment would have removed the following subclause from clause 5[2]

The charter begins:

  • "The peoples of Europe, in creating an ever closer union among them, are resolved to share a peaceful future based on common values."

It contains sections titled: Dignity, Freedoms, Equality, Solidarity, Citizens' Rights and Justice.

The rejected amendment was accompanied by the following explanatory note:

  • This amendment would remove the exclusion of the Charter of Fundamental Rights from retained EU 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 (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con300 (+2 tell) 1095.9%
DUP10 00100.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent1 2075.0%
Lab0 245 (+2 tell)095.0%
LDem0 120100.0%
PC0 40100.0%
SNP0 350100.0%
Total:311 300095.8%

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 ClarkeRushcliffewhilst Con (front bench)aye

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