Cross-party Government of National Unity — 10 Jul 2018 at 16:45

Lord John [Missing last name for 41744] MP, Bassetlaw voted against a cross-party government of national unity.

The majority of MPs voted against a cross-party government of national unity.

The motion rejected by the majority of MPs taking part in this vote was:

  • That this House
  • believes that the Government’s negotiations to leave the EU have not progressed to the satisfaction of the people of the UK, with polls indicating that 69 per cent of the people now believe the exit process is going badly;
  • calls on the Government to engage in cross-party discussions with a view to establishing a government of national unity; and
  • further believes that the people of the UK should have the final say on the UK’s relationship with the EU through a people’s vote on the deal.

See Wikipedia on: National unity government.

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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
Con286 (+2 tell) 0091.1%
DUP9 0090.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent2 0033.3%
Lab2 000.8%
LDem0 9 (+2 tell)091.7%
PC0 3075.0%
Total:299 13052.1%

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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