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Data on EU Referendum positions of 2019 Conservative MPs now available
On our data page you can now access our dataset of the EU Referendum positions of Conservative MPs elected at the 2019 general election. These data are analysed in Philip Lynch’s article here.
Video clips from Parliament and Brexit event, 10 March 2020
We presented research from our project as part of panels at the UK in a Changing Europe’s Parliament and Brexit event on 10 March 2020 in London. Photos from the event are here. Videos from each of the panels are available online: Adam Cygan spoke…
Parliament and Brexit report released
Research from our project features in a new report on Parliament and Brexit, published by the UK in a Changing Europe, University College London’s Constitution Unit and the University of Leicester. The report explores key questions about how Parliament adjusts to a post-Brexit context. It…
‘The People’s Government’: taking back control
Adam Cygan Since the EU referendum ‘taking back control’ has been the simple Brexit mantra. But, understanding what ‘taking back control’ means in the context of the UK’s constitution has proved more difficult. Theresa May said that Brexit would mean that the UK is…
A bad night for Remain, but an even worse night for the...
Adam Cygan The Liberal Democrats stood on a manifesto commitment that was unashamedly Remain, with statement that the ‘election of a Liberal Democrat majority government on a clear stop Brexit platform will provide a democratic mandate to stop this mess, revoke Article 50 and…
‘Get Brexit Done’: the Conservative campaign and 2019 cohort
Philip Lynch The Conservative Parliamentary Party now has a clear majority of MPs who voted Leave in the 2016 EU referendum (see Table). This continues the trend, apparent since the late 1980s, of the Conservative Party becoming more Eurosceptic over time. There are 106…
How to legally leave the EU with no deal: Professor Adam Cygan...
In an article for The Telegraph, Professor Adam Cygan looks at how the Prime Minister can abide by the ‘Benn Act’ and implement a ‘no-deal’ Brexit.
Select committees and Brexit: new free-to-access article from our project
A new article based on research from our project has just been published in Parliamentary Affairs and is free to access here. The article is the first comprehensive study of House of Commons departmental select committees and Brexit. We analyse the incidence of divisions (i.e….
The EU Withdrawal Bill: the House of Lords has its say…..but will...
Adam Cygan Following the conclusion of the Third Reading of the EU Withdrawal Bill in the House of Commons, the Bill continued its legislative passage in the House of Lords. Having suffered only one defeat in the Commons, on Dominic Grieve’s amendment giving Parliament a…
Rudd’s resignation and the Conservatives’ Brexit divide
Philip Lynch and Richard Whitaker Sajid Javid’s appointment as Home Secretary following Amber Rudd’s resignation, coupled with James Brokenshire’s return, leaves unchanged the number of Cabinet ministers who voted Remain in the 2016 EU referendum. But the dynamics have changed. Javid’s opposition to a customs…