Analysis of UK MEPs votes for Amendment 170

[Matt Gluggles]

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I have looked at the UK MEPs who voted on amendment 170 of the TPD and broken them down along party lines.

MEPs who voted in favour of 170 were voting to allow e-cigs on the market as consumer products (non-medical) up to a max strength of 30mg/ml

MEPs who voted against 170 were voting either for a ban of e-cigs or for a medically approved e-cig only.


In total 59 of the MEPs from the UK voted.

44 voted in favour of 170 ("pro" - ecig)
15 voted against 170 ("anti" - ecig)

One notable point is that this means there is a 75/25 % ratio of UK MEPs in favour of a non-medical electronic cigarette option - this is a much larger majority compared to the results for EU MEPs as a whole.

MEPs (with two exceptions) voted along party lines.

All Lib Dem MEPs who voted were in favour of 170
All UKIP MEPs who voted were in favour of 170
Most Conservatives who voted were in favour of 170 - one voted against

All Labour MEPs who voted were against 170

The Ulster Unionist and the Democratic Unionist Parties were in favour of 170


List of Voting


UK MEPs who voted IN FAVOUR of 170 :

Lib Dem - Catherine Bearder
Lib Dem - Phil Bennion
Lib Dem - Sharon Bowles
Lib Dem - Chris Davies
Lib Dem - Andrew Duff
Lib Dem - Fiona Hall
Lib Dem - Sarah Ludford
Lib Dem - George Lyon
Lib Dem - Bill Newton-Dunn
Lib Dem - Rebecca Taylor
Lib Dem - Graham Watson

Cons - Marta Andreasen
Cons - Richard Ashworth
Cons - Sir Robert Atkins
Cons - Philip Bradbourn
Cons - Martin Callanan
Cons - James Chichester
Cons - Nirj Deva
Cons - James Elles
Cons - Vicky Ford
Cons - Jacqueline Foster
Cons - Ashley Fox
Cons - Julie Girling
Cons - Daniel Hannan
Cons - Malcolm Harbour
Cons - Jacqueline Kay Swinburne
Cons - Syed Kamal
Cons - Sajjad Karim
Cons - Timothy Kirkhope
Cons - Emma McClarkin
Cons - Anthea McIntyre
Cons - Charles Tannock
Cons - Marina Yannakoudakis

Ulster Unionist - James Nicholson
DUP - Diane Dodds

Ukip - Earl of Dartmouth
Ukip - John Agnew
Ukip - Gerard Batten
Ukip - John Bufton
Ukip - Paul Nuttall
Ukip - Roger Helmer
Ukip - Trevor Colman

Referendum - Nikki Sinclaire
SNP - Alyn Smith (allied with Greens in the Euro Parl)




UK MEPs who voted AGAINST 170

Cons - Struan Stevenson

Lab - Michael Cashman ( better known as actor who played ‘Colin’ from eastenders )
Lab - Mary Honeyball
Lab - Richard Howitt
Lab - David Martin
Lab - Linda McAvan
Lab - Claude Moraes
Lab - Brian Simpson
Lab - Catherine Stihler
Lab - Derek Vaughn
Lab - Glenis Willmott

Plaid Cymru - Jill Evans (allied with Greens in the Euro Parl)
SNP - Ian Hudghton (allied with Greens in the Euro Parl)
Green - Jean Lambert
Green - Keith Taylor



[Edited to correct Plaid Cymru and SNP + add missing Cons MEP.]

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