Relations Between the European Union, its Member States and New Zealand — 18 Jul 2018 at 19:39
The majority of MPs voted to consolidate and strengthen cooperation between the EU, its Member States and New Zealand in a range of sectors of mutual interest.
The majority of MPs voted to declare the Partnership Agreement on Relations and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and New Zealand, of the other part, signed at Brussels on 5th October 2016 to be an EU Treaty.
The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
- That the draft European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Partnership Agreement on Relations and Cooperation) (New Zealand) Order 2018, which was laid before this House on 4 June, be approved.
The explanatory memorandum to the order[1] states:
- The Agreement will provide a framework to consolidate and strengthen cooperation between the EU, its Member States and New Zealand in a range of sectors of mutual interest. These include: promoting democratic principles and respect for human rights; countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; combating illicit trade of small arms and light weapons; taking measures against the most serious crimes of concern to the international community; and combating terrorism.
- [1] Explanatory memorandum to the draft European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Partnership Agreement on Relations and Cooperation) (New Zealand) 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 | 299 | 0 | 0 | 94.6% |
| DUP | 8 | 0 | 0 | 80.0% |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent | 4 | 1 | 0 | 83.3% |
| Lab | 214 | 2 | 0 | 83.7% |
| LDem | 10 | 0 | 0 | 83.3% |
| Total: | 536 | 3 | 0 | 89.4% |
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 |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab | no |
| Paul Williams | Stockton South | Lab (minister) | no |