Overview
- MPs rejected a 10-minute rule motion to introduce a bill on withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights, so the proposal does not proceed via that route.
- Nigel Farage’s three-page plan sought to leave the ECHR, exit the Council of Europe and repeal the Human Rights Act, proposing 30 April next year as the withdrawal date if enacted.
- Sky News reported that 87 Conservative MPs backed the motion alongside Reform UK, while most Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs voted against after heated Commons exchanges.
- Opponents warned that quitting the convention would erode protections and align the UK with Russia, with Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey calling the push “deeply un-British.”
- Without government support, any move to leave the ECHR remains unlikely, and observers framed the vote as politically revealing rather than a concrete step toward withdrawal.