European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Report (4th Day) — 30 Apr 2018 at 18:30
Moved by Lord Newby
50: Before Clause 9, insert the following new Clause-“Parliamentary motions on a referendum(1) A Minister of the Crown must move a motion in each House of Parliament to provide for the option to hold a referendum on whether the United Kingdom should accept the outcome of the negotiations between the Government and the EU under Article 50(2) of the Treaty on European Union, or seek to remain in the EU by revoking the notification of withdrawal from the EU under Article 50.(2) Such a motion must be moved prior to the enactment of any statute to implement a withdrawal agreement and as a precondition to making regulations under section 9, irrespective of whether either House of Parliament has previously considered or approved a motion relating to the outcome of the negotiations under Article 50(2) of the Treaty on European Union.(3) If both Houses of Parliament approve the option of a referendum, the Secretary of State must not commence any statute nor make regulations under section 9 to implement a withdrawal agreement, but must bring forward proposals to hold such a referendum, and the Government must seek such an extension of the Article 50 period as may be necessary for this purpose.”
Ayes 202, Noes 260.
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 is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.Party | Majority (Not-Content) | Minority (Content) | Turnout |
Con | 197 (+2 tell) | 4 | 81.2% |
Crossbench | 41 | 46 (+1 tell) | 50.9% |
DUP | 2 | 0 | 66.7% |
Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
Independent Ulster Unionist | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Judge | 2 | 1 | 21.4% |
Lab | 5 | 52 | 29.1% |
LDem | 1 | 90 (+1 tell) | 92.9% |
Non-affiliated | 5 | 6 | 30.6% |
PC | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
UKIP | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
UUP | 2 | 0 | 100.0% |
Total: | 258 | 200 | 59.2% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by party
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.