Draft Immigration (European Economic Area Nationals) (EU Exit) Order 2019 — 13 Mar 2019 at 21:22

The majority of MPs voted for European Economic Area nationals seeking entry to the United Kingdom to to be given leave to enter for a limited period in the event of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union without a withdrawal agreement, and for other immigration system changes.

The motion supported by a majority of MPs in this vote was:

Further regulations:

  • Extended the time an individual can spend outside the United Kingdom and Island before the EU Settlement Scheme lapses to four or five years depending on individual circumstances.
  • Prevents EU Settlement Scheme leave to remain in the United Kingdom lapsing by reason of by reason of an overseas posting undertaken by a Crown servant or permanent member of the British Council who is an EEA national, or by a member of HM Forces, and in respect of a person accompanying them (or accompanying a British citizen on such a posting)
  • Confirms that EU Settlement Scheme applicants are exempt from paying the Immigration Health Charge
  • Enables applications for the EU Settlement Scheme to be made from overseas.
  • [1] [hhttp://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2019/9780111180587/pdfs/ukdsiem_9780111180587_en_001.pdf Explanatory notes to the draft Immigration (European Economic Area Nationals) (EU Exit) Order 2019, Legislation.gov.uk]

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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 (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Con305 0097.1%
DUP9 0090.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent0 13061.9%
Lab0 218089.0%
LDem0 8072.7%
PC0 40100.0%
SNP0 32091.4%
Total:314 276092.0%

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
no rebellions

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