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The meaningful vote took place in the House of Commons on 15 January 2019. [73] The vote was originally scheduled to be held on 11 December 2018 but on 10 December, May postponed it because it became clear the government's Brexit deal would be voted down. [74] [75]
Among its results the best were in Barnsley Central, where Victoria Felton came second with 30.4% of the vote; [8] Hartlepool, where party chairman Richard Tice came third with 25.8% of the vote; [9] and Hull West and Hessle, where businesswoman and media personality Michelle Dewberry came third with 18% of the vote. [10]
At the time of the Brexit vote, the UK received a 40% discount from the gross contribution which was negotiated by Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s (worth about £144 million) plus various agricultural, economic development and scientific research 'rebates' (worth approximately a further £96 million).
[266] That offer was still on the table at the time of the Brexit referendum, but expired when the vote determined that the UK would leave the EU. [ 267 ] The possibility that the UK's smaller constituent countries could vote to remain within the EU but find themselves withdrawn from the EU led to discussion about the risk to the unity of the ...
UK opt-outs from EU legislation; Euroscepticism in the UK. UK opinion polling on EU membership; Campaigns for a referendum People's Pledge; Labour for a Referendum; Bloomberg speech; In or Out; 2013–14 EU (Referendum) Bill (unsuccessful) 2014 European Parliament election; 2014 UK Parliament by-elections. Clacton; Heywood and Middleton ...
The UK could be spared from Donald Trump’s tariffs raise because of Brexit, a US governor has said. Trump has said he wants to raise tariffs on goods from around the world by 10 percent, rising ...
The debate and vote were required under the democratic consent mechanism in the UK and EU’s Windsor Framework deal and were designed to give local elected representatives a say on the trade ...
Parliament then debated the Brexit agreement in January 2019, with the vote on whether to back May's plans taking place on 15 January. [7] The deal was rejected by Parliament, with a majority of 230 voting against it. The result, 432 to 202 for rejecting the deal, represented the largest defeat for a sitting government in modern history.