EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship — Motion (C) Customs Union — 1 Apr 2019 at 22:53

The majority of MPs voted against a permanent and comprehensive United Kingdom-wide customs union with the European Union.

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

  • That this House
  • instructs the Government to (1) ensure that any Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration negotiated with the EU must include, as a minimum, a commitment to negotiate a permanent and comprehensive UK-wide customs union with the EU; (2) enshrine this objective in primary legislation

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
Con236 36086.9%
DUP10 00100.0%
Green1 00100.0%
Independent14 5090.5%
Lab10 230098.0%
LDem5 1054.5%
Total:276 272091.2%

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
Richard BenyonNewburywhilst Conaye
Nicholas BolesGrantham and Stamfordwhilst Conaye
Steve BrineWinchesterwhilst Conaye
Robert BucklandSouth SwindonCon (front bench)aye
Alistair BurtNorth East Bedfordshirewhilst Conaye
Alex ChalkCheltenhamConaye
Kenneth ClarkeRushcliffewhilst Con (front bench)aye
Alberto CostaSouth LeicestershireConaye
Jonathan DjanoglyHuntingdonCon (front bench)aye
Alan DuncanRutland and MeltonCon (front bench)aye
Tobias EllwoodBournemouth EastCon (front bench)aye
Mark FieldCities of London and WestminsterCon (front bench)aye
Vicky FordChelmsfordCon (front bench)aye
Luke GrahamOchil and South PerthshireCon (front bench)aye
Richard GrahamGloucesterCon (front bench)aye
Damian GreenAshfordCon (front bench)aye
Stephen HammondWimbledonwhilst Con (front bench)aye
Richard HarringtonWatfordwhilst Conaye
Oliver HealdNorth East HertfordshireConaye
Nick HerbertArundel and South DownsConaye
Margot JamesStourbridgewhilst Con (front bench)aye
Jeremy LefroyStaffordCon (front bench)aye
Oliver LetwinWest Dorsetwhilst Conaye
Paul MastertonEast RenfrewshireCon (front bench)aye
Anne MiltonGuildfordwhilst Con (front bench)aye
Andrew MitchellSutton ColdfieldConaye
Nicky MorganLoughboroughCon (front bench)aye
Bob NeillBromley and ChislehurstCon (front bench)aye
Sarah NewtonTruro and FalmouthConaye
Guy OppermanHexhamCon (front bench)aye
Mark PawseyRugbyCon (front bench)aye
Victoria PrentisBanburyCon (front bench)aye
Antoinette SandbachEddisburywhilst Con (front bench)aye
Nicholas SoamesMid Sussexwhilst Conaye
Caroline SpelmanMeridenCon (front bench)aye
Rory StewartPenrith and The Borderwhilst Con (front bench)aye
Ed VaizeyWantagewhilst Con (front bench)aye
Lord John [Missing last name for 41744]BassetlawLab (minister)no
Ronnie CampbellBlyth ValleyLabno
Stephen HepburnJarrowLab (minister)no
Kate HoeyVauxhallLab (minister)no
Siobhain McDonaghMitcham and MordenLab (minister)no
Anna McMorrinCardiff NorthLab (minister)no
Owen SmithPontypriddLab (minister)no
Jo StevensCardiff CentralLab (minister)no
Graham StringerBlackley and BroughtonLab (minister)no
Paul WilliamsStockton SouthLab (minister)no
Norman LambNorth NorfolkLDem (front bench)aye

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