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Which UK Members of the European Parliament betrayed our liberties over the Data Retention Directive vote ?

Thanks to Robert Longstaff for posting a a link to the European Parliament votes on the controversial Communications Traffic Data Retention Directive.

The vote on the final resolution(.pdf) was adopted by 378 votes in favour to 197 against, with 30 abstentions.

Since this document is structured according to the multinational European Parliament political groupings, mostly just by Surname, with no indication of UK Political Parties or Constituencies, we have tried to decode this vote to see which United Kingdom Members of Parliament cannot be trusted with our freedom and liberty, and should therfore be punished at the next election.

There seems to have been a backroom deal between the Party of the European Socialists (PES), which includes the UK Labour party, and the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED) groups, which includes the UK Conservative party - the two largest groups in the European Parliament, who mostly voted for the Directive. Although the Liberal Democrats voted Against, their political grouping the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) was split.

Of the UK political parties, only the Conservatives were split, with 9 rebels voting Against.

Of the 78 United Kingdom Members of Parliament, only 66 of them voted on the Directive, with none of them actually recorded as abstaining.

35 UK MEPs voted Against:

10 Conservative
10 Liberal Democrats
1 Greens
1 Sinn Féin
8 UK Independence Party
1 Democratic Unionist Party
3 Independents
1 Scottish National Party

12 UK MEPs who Did Not Vote - presumably they were away from the Plenary session as they are not recorded as having abstained:

3 Conservative
2 Labour
2 Liberal Democrats
1 Greens
1 Plaid Cymru
1 Scottish National Party
2 UK Independence Party - N.B. both of these voted Against on the previous vote on the modified text i.e a full complement of UKIP MEPs voted

5 of these UK MEPs (2 Labour, 1 Conservative, 1 Liberal Democrat and 1 Green) were part of the European Parliament delegation to the World Trade Organisation talks in Hong Kong i.e. a reasonable excuse for absence.

31 UK MEPs voted For the directive, and should be punished via the ballot box accordingly.

13 Conservative
17 Labour
1 Ulster Unionist Party

Most people have little clue who their Members of the European Parliament are. You can find their contact details on the UK Office of the European Parliament website, which, astonishingly, provides no easy links to the voting record of any individual UK MEP. Alternatively you can use WriteToThem to let them know your opinion about how they voted on this fundamental reduction in our freedom and liberty, which will have no demonstrable effect on terrorists or serious criminals, but will cost the public more money for telecommunications and internet services, and make Europe less competitive in global markets.

Click on the constituency links below for the contact details of your several party list MEPs, each of whom you are entitled to contact to express your displeasure about this vote.

Scotland

 
Mr David Martin
Labour
Party of the European Socialists (PES)
  absent @WTO  
Mr Ian Hudghton
Scottish National Party
Greens / European Free Alliance
  absent
Mr Struan Stevenson
Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party
European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED)
  For
Mrs Catherine Stihler
Labour
Party of the European Socialists (PES)
  For  
Mrs Elspeth Attwooll
Liberal Democrat
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
  Against  
Mr Alyn Smith
Scottish National Party
Greens / European Free Alliance
  Against  
Mr John Purvis CBE
Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party
European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED)
  Against  

Northern Ireland

 
Mr Jim Allister QC
Democratic Unionist Party
Non Attached Members
  Against  
Mrs Bairbre de BrĂșn
Sinn Féin:
Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left (EUL / NGL)
  Against  
Mr James Nicholson
Ulster Unionist Party
European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED)
  For  

North East

 
Mr Stephen Hughes
Labour
Party of the European Socialists (PES)
  For  
Mr Martin Callanan
Conservative
European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED)
  Against  
Mrs Fiona Hall
Liberal Democrat
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
  Against  

North West

 
Mr Gary Titley
Labour
Party of the European Socialists (PES)
  For  
Mr Den Dover
Conservative
European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED)
  For  
Mr Chris Davies
Liberal Democrat
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
  Against  
Mrs Arlene McCarthy
Labour
Party of the European Socialists (PES)
  For  
Mr John Whittaker
UK Independence Party
Independence and Democracy (IND-DEM)
  Against  
Mr David Sumberg
Conservative
European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED)
  For  
Mr Terry Wynn
Labour
Party of the European Socialists (PES)
  For  
Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Atkins
Conservative
European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED)
  absent  
Mr Sajjad Karim
Liberal Democrat
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
  absent @WTO  

Yorkshire & The Humber

 
Mrs Linda McAvan
Labour
Party of the European Socialists (PES)
  For  
Mr Timothy Kirkhope
Conservative
European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED)
  For  
Mrs Diana Wallis
Liberal Democrat
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
  Against  
Mr Godfrey Bloom
UK Independence Party
Independence and Democracy (IND-DEM)
  absent  
Mr Richard Corbett
Labour
Party of the European Socialists (PES)
  For  
Mr Edward McMillan-Scott
Conservative
European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED)
  For  

Wales

 
Mrs Glenys Kinnock
Labour
Party of the European Socialists (PES)
  absent @WTO  
Mrs Jill Evans
Plaid Cymru
Greens / European Free Alliance
  absent  
Mr Jonathan Evans
Conservative
European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED)
  absent  
Mrs Eluned Morgan
Labour
Party of the European Socialists (PES)
  For  

West Midlands

 
Mr Philip Bushill-Matthews
Conservative
European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED)
  For  
Mr Michael Cashman
Labour
Party of the European Socialists (PES)
  For  
Mr Mike Nattrass
UK Independence Party
Independence and Democracy (IND-DEM)
  Against  
Mrs Liz Lynne
Liberal Democrat
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
  Against  
Mr Philip Bradbourn OBE
Conservative
European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED)
  For  
Mrs Neena Gill
Labour
Party of the European Socialists (PES)
  For  
Mr Malcolm Harbour
Conservative
European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED)
  Against  

East Midlands

 
Mr Roger Helmer
Independent
  Against  
Mr Robert Kilroy-Silk
Independent
Non Attached Members
  Against  
Mr Phillip Whitehead
Labour
Party of the European Socialists (PES)
  For  
Mr Christopher Heaton-Harris
Conservative
European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED)
  Against  
Mr Derek Clark
UK Independence Party
Independence and Democracy (IND-DEM)
  Against  
Mr Bill Newton Dunn
Liberal Democrat
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
  Against  

Eastern

 
Mr Geoffrey Van Orden
Conservative
European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED)
  For  
Mr Jeffrey Titford
UK Independence Party
Independence and Democracy (IND-DEM)
  Against  
Mr Richard Howitt
Labour
Party of the European Socialists
  For  
Mr Robert Sturdy
Conservative
European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED)
  absent @WTO  
Mr Andrew Duff
Liberal Democrat
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
  Against  
Mr Christopher Beazley
Conservative
European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED)
  For  
Mr Tom Wise
UK Independence Party
Independence and Democracy (IND-DEM)
  Against  

South West

 
Mr Neil Parish
Conservative
European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED)
  For  
Mr Graham Booth
UK Independence Party
Independence and Democracy (IND-DEM)
  Against  
Mr Graham Watson
Liberal Democrat
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
  Against  
Dr Caroline Jackson
Conservative
European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED)
  For  
Mr Glyn Ford
Labour
Party of the European Socialists (PES)
  For  
Mr Roger Knapman
UK Independence Party
Independence and Democracy (IND-DEM)
  Against  
Mr Giles Chichester
Conservative
European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED)
  Against  

South East

 
Mr Daniel Hannan
Conservative
European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED)
  Against  
Mr Nigel Farage
UK Independence Party
Independence and Democracy (IND-DEM)
  absent  
Mr Nirj Deva
Conservative
European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED)
  Against  
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne
Liberal Democrat
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
  absent  
Mr Peter Skinner
Labour
Party of the European Socialists (PES)
  For  
Mr James Elles
Conservative
European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED)
  For  
Mr Ashley Mote
Independent
Non Attached Members
  Against  
Mr Richard Ashworth
Conservative
European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED)
  For  
Dr Caroline Lucas
Green
Greens / European Free Alliance
  absent @WTO  
Mrs Sharon Bowles
Liberal Democrat
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
  Against  

London

 
Mr John Bowis OBE
Conservative
European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED)
  Against  
Mr Claude Moraes
Labour
Party of the European Socialists (PES)
  For  
Baroness Sarah Ludford
Liberal Democrat
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
  Against  
Dr Charles Tannock
Conservative
European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED)
  For  
Mrs Mary Honeyball
Labour
Party of the European Socialists (PES)
  For  
Mr Gerard Batten
UK Independence Party
Independence and Democracy (IND-DEM)
  Against  
Mr Syed Salah Kamall
Conservative
European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED)
  Against  
Mrs Jean Lambert
Green
Greens / European Free Alliance
  Against  
Mr Robert Evans
Labour
Party of the European Socialists (PES)
  For  

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