European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill — Clause 1 — Alternative Date for the UK Leaving the EU — 8 Apr 2019 at 22:00
The majority of MPs voted to allow the Government to delay the United Kingdom leaving the European Union to another date so long as the new date of departure is after the 22nd of May 2019.
MPs were considering the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill[1].
The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
- That this House agrees with Lords amendment 5.
Lords amendment 5 stated[2]:
- Page 2, line 3, at end insert—
- “(8) Nothing in this section prevents a Minister of the Crown from seeking, or agreeing to, an extension of the period specified in Article 50(3) of the Treaty on European Union otherwise than in accordance with this section provided that the extension cannot end earlier than 22 May 2019.
- (9) In deciding for the purposes of subsection (8) whether an extension cannot end earlier than 22 May 2019, the earlier ending of the extension as a result of the entry into force of the withdrawal agreement (as provided for in Article 50(3) of the Treaty on European Union) is to be ignored.”
- [1] Parliament's webpage on the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill 2017-19, Parliament.uk
- [2] Lords amendments to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill 2017-19, Parliament.uk
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 | 114 (+2 tell) | 71 (+2 tell) | 0 | 60.4% |
DUP | 0 | 9 | 0 | 90.0% |
Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
Independent | 18 | 0 | 0 | 81.8% |
Lab | 208 | 1 | 0 | 85.0% |
LDem | 11 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
PC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
SNP | 34 | 0 | 0 | 97.1% |
Total: | 390 | 81 | 0 | 74.0% |
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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