Trade Bill — Third Reading — 17 Jul 2018 at 19:00
Hugh Gaffney MP, Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill voted not to empower the government to act to implement international trade agreements.
The majority of MPs voted to empower the government to act to implement international trade agreements.
MPs were considering the Trade Bill[1].
The Bill
- Empowers the Government to implement obligations under the World Trade Organisation's Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA).
- Empowers the Government to change the law in the UK as required to continue the effect of European Union international trade agreements on the UK's withdrawal from the union.
- Establishes a Trade Remedies Authority and framework.
- Provides for powers for HM Revenue & Customs to collect information on exports, and powers allowing HM Revenue & Customs, and those working on their behalf, to share data relating to trade.
The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
- That the Bill be now read the Third time
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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.
Party | Majority (Aye) | Minority (No) | Both | Turnout |
Con | 303 (+2 tell) | 0 | 0 | 96.5% |
DUP | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Independent | 2 | 3 | 0 | 83.3% |
Lab | 2 | 235 (+2 tell) | 0 | 92.6% |
LDem | 0 | 11 | 0 | 91.7% |
PC | 0 | 4 | 0 | 100.0% |
SNP | 0 | 31 | 0 | 88.6% |
Total: | 317 | 285 | 0 | 94.4% |
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
Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote
Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
Frank Field | Birkenhead | whilst Lab (front bench) | aye |
Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | aye |