European Union Integration

Policy description

There have been votes in Parliament on the degree of the UK's integration with the European Union. Specific matters voted on include the UK's opt out from the European Union Police and Criminal Justice Measures and the establishment of a European Union External Action Service.

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Analysis for Jacqui Lait

Jacqui Lait consistently voted against (0% aligned) more EU integration.

Comparable Conservative MPs almost always voted against (6% aligned).

Scoring Divisions

Scoring divisions are used to calculate the headline alignment between a person and a policy.

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Guide to columns

  • person vote: the vote cast by the person

  • party alignment: how aligned this vote was with other members of the person’s party. Higher numbers indicate less difference from the average vote of the party.

  • policy direction: if an aye vote is aligned or against the overall policy.

  • policy alignment: if this MP's vote was aligned with the policy.

  • annotation: links to public statements or explanations for the vote, if available.

motion date person vote party alignment policy direction policy aligned
European Communities (Finance) Bill — Second Reading 2007-11-19 no 100% agree not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Second Reading 2008-01-21 no 98% agree not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Enshrine the Lisbon Treaty into UK law 2008-02-27 no 99% agree not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Accept the changes of terminology in the Lisbon Treaty 2008-03-03 no 99% agree not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Increase of powers of European Parliament 2008-03-03 no 99% agree not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Clause on 'parliamentary control of decisions' to remain in the Bill 2008-03-04 no 99% agree not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Clause on 'Commencement' of the Bill should remain in the Bill 2008-03-05 no 99% agree not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Third Reading 2008-03-11 no 98% agree not aligned
Deferred Divisions — second strategic energy review and european energy networks 2009-03-11 absent na agree na

Informative Divisions

Informative votes are thematically related to a policy, but do not count towards the overall score.

Guide to columns

  • annotation: links to public statements or explanations for the vote, if available.
motion date person vote party alignment policy direction policy aligned
Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill — Disapplication of European Communities Act 1972 — rejected 2006-05-16 aye 100% against not aligned
European Union — A Citizens' Agenda 2006-10-26 no 100% agree not aligned
European Community Documents — European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, and Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Programme 2006-11-29 no 100% agree not aligned
European Community Documents — Funding of European political parties 2007-12-12 no 100% agree not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Amendment to proposed Commons timetable for debate — rejected 2008-01-28 aye 100% against not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Commons timetable for debate 2008-01-28 no 100% agree not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Disapproves of the government's policy towards the Lisbon Treaty in terms of justice and home affairs — rejected 2008-01-29 aye 100% against not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Exclude the European Court of Justice's regulations on police and justice matters — rejected 2008-01-29 aye 100% against not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Exclude the European Union's measures on judicial cooperation in criminal matters — rejected 2008-01-29 aye 100% against not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Disapproves of the government's policy towards the Lisbon Treaty in relation to energy — rejected 2008-01-30 aye 99% against not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Approves of the government's policy towards the Lisbon Treaty in relation to energy 2008-01-30 no 99% agree not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Exclude energy from being a shared policy area in the European Union — rejected 2008-01-30 aye 99% against not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Disapproves of the government's policy towards the Lisbon Treaty with regards to human rights — rejected 2008-02-05 aye 100% against not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Approves of the government's policy towards the Lisbon Treaty with regards to human rights 2008-02-05 no 100% agree not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Exclude human rights from the policy area of the European Union — rejected 2008-02-05 aye 100% against not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Disapproves of the government's policy towards the Lisbon Treaty with regards to the single market — rejected 2008-02-06 aye 100% against not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Approves of the government's policy towards the Lisbon Treaty with regards to the single market 2008-02-06 no 99% agree not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Prevent competition rules from becoming an exclusive policy area of the European Union — rejected 2008-02-06 aye 99% against not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Disapproves of the government's policy towards the Lisbon Treaty with regards to foreign affairs — rejected 2008-02-20 aye 99% against not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Approves of the government's policy towards the Lisbon Treaty with regards to foreign affairs 2008-02-20 no 99% agree not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Remove foreign policy role of the President of the European Council — rejected 2008-02-20 aye 98% against not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Disapproves of the government's policy towards the Lisbon Treaty with regards to international development — rejected 2008-02-25 aye 100% against not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Approves of the government's policy towards the Lisbon Treaty with regards to international development 2008-02-25 no 100% agree not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Disapproves of the government's policy towards the Lisbon Treaty with regards to the European Union's institutions — rejected 2008-02-26 aye 99% against not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Approves of the government's policy towards the Lisbon Treaty with regards to the European Union's institutions 2008-02-26 no 99% agree not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Exclude the European Union from regulating the conservation of marine biological resources — rejected 2008-02-26 aye 100% against not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Disapproves of the government's policy towards the Lisbon Treaty with regards to climate change — rejected 2008-02-27 aye 99% against not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Approves of the government's policy towards the Lisbon Treaty with regards to climate change 2008-02-27 no 99% agree not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Parliamentary control of decisions made at the European Union level — rejected 2008-03-04 aye 99% against not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — Referendum (No. 2) — rejected 2008-03-05 aye 98% against not aligned
Lisbon Treaty — The Treaty does not affect the supremacy of the UK parliament — rejected 2008-03-05 absent na against na
Motion to reject the European Working Time Directive — rejected 2009-03-10 aye 100% agree aligned
Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations 2009 — Retention of Communications Data by Communications Providers 2009-03-17 absent na agree na