Trade Bill — Third Reading — 20 Jul 2020 at 21:00

The majority of MPs voted to empower the government to act to implement international trade agreements.

MPs were considering the Trade Bill[1][2].

The Bill:

  • * enables the implementation of obligations arising from the World Trade Organisation's Agreement on Government Procurement.
  • * enables the implementation of UK trade agreements with partner countries with which the EU has existing trade agreements as at 31 January 2020.
  • * establishes a new body, the Trade Remedies Authority, to assist with international disputes.
  • * permits data collection and sharing related to international trade.

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

  • That the Bill be now read the Third time.

support for this motion enabled the Bill to continue on its path to becoming law.

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 (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Alliance0 10100.0%
Con333 (+2 tell) 0092.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent1 10100.0%
Lab0 178 (+2 tell)089.1%
LDem0 10090.9%
PC0 30100.0%
SDLP0 20100.0%
SNP0 46095.8%
Total:334 242091.5%

Rebel Voters - sorted by constituency

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
no rebellions

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