Relations Between the European Union, its Member States and Canada — 18 Jul 2018 at 19:39
The majority of MPs voted to broaden engagement, dialogue and cooperation with Canada in areas of common interest, such as: human rights and democracy, international peace and security and effective multilateralism, economic and sustainable development, and justice, freedom and security.
The majority of MPs voted to declare the Strategic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Canada, of the other part, signed at Brussels on 30th October 2016 to be an EU Treaty.
The motion approved by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
- That the draft European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Strategic Partnership Agreement) (Canada) Order 2018, which was laid before this House on 4 June, be approved.
The explanatory notes to the order[1] state:
- The Agreement will broaden engagement, dialogue and cooperation with Canada in areas of common interest, such as: human rights and democracy, international peace and security and effective multilateralism, economic and sustainable development, and justice, freedom and security.
- [1] Explanatory memorandum to the draft European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Strategic Partnership Agreement) (Canada) Order 2018
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 | 298 | 0 | 0 | 94.3% |
| DUP | 8 | 0 | 0 | 80.0% |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent | 4 | 1 | 0 | 83.3% |
| Lab | 213 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% |
| LDem | 10 | 0 | 0 | 83.3% |
| Total: | 534 | 3 | 0 | 89.1% |
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
Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote
| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab | no |
| Paul Williams | Stockton South | Lab (minister) | no |