Government wins European Arrest Warrant ‘vote’

So Labour lost its vote delaying the vote on the European Arrest Warrant that wasn’t technically a vote on that measure anyway. The first vote, that the question not be put today so that Parliament could have a full debate and vote another day, was lost, with 272 MPs voting ‘no’ with the government and 229 voting with Labour. There had been a big debate on the Tory backbenches about the best tactic, with MPs angry about the government’s behaviour split over whether to vote with Labour or abstain. This meant that Labour lost the vote. Yvette Cooper then confirmed that her party would support the government on the measures, so the motion that Speaker Bercow says is not on the European Arrest Warrant and Theresa May says is the Commons expressing its view on the European Arrest Warrant passed 464 to 38. Given most Tories with their ears to the ground had, before the weekend, expected 30 rebels, perhaps a few more changed their minds at the last minute.