European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 11 — Power for Devolved Administrations to Amend EU Law Retained as UK Law on Withdrawal — 4 Dec 2017 at 23:45

The majority of MPs voted not to allow the devolved administrations in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to modify EU law retained as UK law following the UK's withdrawal from the EU.

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

The amendment rejected in this vote was:

Had it not been rejected this amendment would have affected clause 11 of the Bill[2] and would have removed provisions preventing the devolved administrations in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland from modifying EU law retained as UK law following the UK's withdrawl from the EU.

The rejected amendment was accompanied by the following explanatory note:

  • This amendment removes the Bill’s proposed restrictions on the ability of the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales and the Northern Ireland Assembly to legislate on devolved matters.

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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
Con306 (+2 tell) 0097.5%
DUP10 00100.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent0 1020.0%
Lab0 240 (+2 tell)093.4%
LDem0 10083.3%
PC0 40100.0%
SNP0 34097.1%
Total:316 290095.0%

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
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