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Vote · 9 Dec 2025 · Tax and spending

Proposal from a backbench MP: UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate)

An MP without a government job asked permission to introduce a bill. Subject: UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate). 100 MPs voted for and 100 against, so it was tied. 5 MPs voted against their own party.

Official title: UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion · Division 386

FOR (AYE)
100
AGAINST (NO)
100
RESULT
Tied

How each party voted

Conservative0 · 89
Liberal Democrat65 · 0
Labour13 · 3
Scottish National Party8 · 0
Independent4 · 2
Plaid Cymru4 · 0
Reform UK0 · 4
Green Party3 · 0

Source: Commons Votes API · Official record

View data table
PartyForAgainstVoted against own party
Conservative0890
Liberal Democrat6500
Labour1333
Scottish National Party800
Independent422
Plaid Cymru400
Reform UK040
Green Party300
Social Democratic & Labour Party200
Alliance100
Traditional Unionist Voice010
Ulster Unionist Party010

Who voted against their party?

MPAreaPartyVoted
Patrick SpencerCentral Suffolk and North IpswichIndependentAgainst
Rupert LoweGreat YarmouthIndependentAgainst
Jonathan BrashHartlepoolLabourAgainst
Josh NewburyCannock ChaseLabourAgainst
Luke MyerMiddlesbrough South and East ClevelandLabourAgainst