European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Report (5th Day) — 2 May 2018 at 18:30

Moved by Lord Patten of Barnes

88: Before Clause 10, insert the following new Clause-“Continuation of North-South co-operation and the prevention of new border arrangements(1) In exercising any of the powers under this Act, a Minister of the Crown or devolved authority must-(a) act in a way that is compatible with the terms of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, and(b) have due regard to the joint report from the negotiators of the EU and the United Kingdom Government on progress during phase 1 of negotiations under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union.(2) Nothing in section 7, 8, 9 or 17 of this Act authorises regulations which-(a) diminish any form of North-South cooperation across the full range of political, economic, security, societal and agricultural contexts and frameworks of co-operation, including the continued operation of the North-South implementation bodies, or(b) create or facilitate border arrangements between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland after exit day which feature-(i) physical infrastructure, including border posts,(ii) a requirement for customs or regulatory compliance checks,(iii) a requirement for security checks,(iv) random checks on goods vehicles, or(v) any other checks and controls,that did not exist before exit day and are not subject to an agreement between Her Majesty’s Government and the Government of Ireland.”

Ayes 309, Noes 242.

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 is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (Content)Minority (Not-Content)Turnout
Bishop0 13.8%
Con19 194 (+2 tell)86.0%
Crossbench54 3249.7%
DUP0 266.7%
Independent Labour1 1100.0%
Judge0 321.4%
Lab143 (+2 tell) 074.4%
LDem82 082.8%
Non-affiliated7 430.6%
PC1 0100.0%
UUP0 2100.0%
Total:307 23968.7%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

Lords 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 lord who could have voted in this division

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NamePartyVote
Baroness Altmann Conaye
Lord Arbuthnot of EdromConaye
Lord Bowness Conaye
Lord Cooper of WindrushConaye
Lord Cormack Con (front bench)aye
Lord Green of HurstpierpointConaye
Viscount Hailsham Conaye
Lord Heseltine Conaye
Lord Inglewood Con (front bench)aye
Lord Kirkhope of HarrogateCon (front bench)aye
Baroness McIntosh of PickeringConaye
Lord Northbrook Conaye
Lord Patten of BarnesConaye
Lord Prior of BramptonConaye
Lord Tugendhat Con (front bench)aye
Baroness Verma Con (front bench)aye
The Duke of WellingtonConaye
Baroness Wheatcroft Conaye
Lord Willetts Conaye
Lord Aberdare Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Bew Crossbenchno
Lord Birt Crossbenchno
Lord Butler of BrockwellCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Cameron of DillingtonCrossbenchno
Lord Carswell Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Chartres Crossbenchno
Viscount Craigavon Crossbenchno
Lord Craig of RadleyCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Curry of KirkharleCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Dannatt Crossbenchno
Baroness Deech Crossbenchno
Lord Eames Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Fellowes Crossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Finlay of LlandaffCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Green of DeddingtonCrossbenchno
Lord Greenway Crossbenchno
Lord Hogan-Howe Crossbenchno
Lord Janvrin Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Kakkar Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Kilclooney Crossbenchno
Lord Laming Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Luce Crossbenchno
Lord Mawson Crossbench (front bench)no
Viscount Slim Crossbenchno
Lord St John of BletsoCrossbenchno
The Earl of StairCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Thurlow Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Trevethin and Oaksey Crossbenchno
Lord Vaux of HarrowdenCrossbenchno
Lord Wilson of TillyornCrossbenchno
Lord Woolf Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Gadhia Non-affiliatedno
Lord Kalms Non-affiliatedno
Baroness Stowell of BeestonNon-affiliated (front bench)no
Lord Taylor of WarwickNon-affiliatedno

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