European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause 22 — European Economic Area Agreement — Single Market — 13 Dec 2017 at 20:45

The majority of MPs voted to allow ministers to withdraw the UK from the European Economic Area, the European single market.

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

The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was:

  • “(1) No Minister may, under this Act, notify the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EEA Agreement, whether under Article 127 of that Agreement or otherwise.
  • (2) Regulations under this Act may not make any provision that would constitute a breach of the United Kingdom’s obligations under the EEA Agreement.
  • (3) Regulations under this Act may not amend or repeal subsection (1) or (2).”

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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
Con304 (+2 tell) 0096.8%
DUP10 00100.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent1 1040.0%
Lab0 242 (+2 tell)094.2%
LDem0 10083.3%
PC0 40100.0%
SNP0 34097.1%
Total:315 292095.2%

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

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
no rebellions

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