EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship Votes — Motion (K) — Labour’s Alternative Plan — 27 Mar 2019 at 22:56

The majority of MPs voted against the United Kingdom seeking: a customs union with the European Union; close alignment with the single market; alignment on rights and protections; continued participation in EU agencies and funding programmes, including in areas such as the environment, education, and industrial regulation; agreement on security arrangements covering the European Arrest Warrant and "vital" shared databases.

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

  • That this House requires Ministers to:
  • (a) negotiate changes to the draft Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration so as to secure:
  • (i) a permanent customs union with the EU;
  • (ii) close alignment with the single market underpinned by shared institutions and obligations;
  • (iii) dynamic alignment on rights and protections;
  • (iv) commitments on participation in EU agencies and funding programmes, including in areas such as the environment, education, and industrial regulation;
  • (v) agreement on the detail of future security arrangements, including access to the European Arrest Warrant and vital shared databases; and
  • (b) introduce primary legislation to give statutory status to the objectives set out in paragraph (a)

Debate in Parliament |

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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
Con276 1088.2%
DUP10 00100.0%
Green1 00100.0%
Independent14 4085.7%
Lab4 232096.3%
LDem2 0018.2%
Total:307 237090.4%

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

NameConstituencyPartyVote
Kenneth ClarkeRushcliffewhilst Con (front bench)aye
Ronnie CampbellBlyth ValleyLabno
Ann ClwydCynon ValleyLab (minister)no
Stephen HepburnJarrowLab (minister)no
Siobhain McDonaghMitcham and MordenLab (minister)no

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