<P> For a few years the issue was largely settled but , with the approval by Parliament of the Single European Act , the Maastricht Treaty and the Lisbon Treaty , there were calls from eurosceptic Members of Parliament for a new UK referendum on continued membership . Conservative Party leader David Cameron announced in January 2013 , in what became known as `` The Bloomberg speech '' , a proposal to undertake a renegotiation of the terms of the UK 's membership of the EU , and subsequently to hold a UK referendum on its membership of the Union . However , at the time of Cameron 's speech , the Conservative Party was in Coalition government with the Liberal Democrats who , along with the Labour Party , were at the time opposed to any new referendum being held . The Conservative Party did not have an overall majority and a private members bill by Conservative MP James Wharton to legislate a in - out referendum by the end of 2017 was blocked in the House of Lords . The proposals were contained in the Conservative Party manifesto for the United Kingdom general election , 2015 , in which the Conservatives won with an unexpected overall majority . Following the election , the opposition Labour Party withdrew its opposition to holding an in - out EU referendum . On the bill 's second reading , on 9 June 2015 , MPs voted by 544 to 53 in favour of the principle of holding a referendum with only the Scottish National Party opposing the Bill . </P>
<P> For a few years the issue was largely settled but , with the approval by Parliament of the Single European Act , the Maastricht Treaty and the Lisbon Treaty , there were calls from eurosceptic Members of Parliament for a new UK referendum on continued membership . Conservative Party leader David Cameron announced in January 2013 , in what became known as `` The Bloomberg speech '' , a proposal to undertake a renegotiation of the terms of the UK 's membership of the EU , and subsequently to hold a UK referendum on its membership of the Union . However , at the time of Cameron 's speech , the Conservative Party was in Coalition government with the Liberal Democrats who , along with the Labour Party , were at the time opposed to any new referendum being held . The Conservative Party did not have an overall majority and a private members bill by Conservative MP James Wharton to legislate a in - out referendum by the end of 2017 was blocked in the House of Lords . The proposals were contained in the Conservative Party manifesto for the United Kingdom general election , 2015 , in which the Conservatives won with an unexpected overall majority . Following the election , the opposition Labour Party withdrew its opposition to holding an in - out EU referendum . On the bill 's second reading , on 9 June 2015 , MPs voted by 544 to 53 in favour of the principle of holding a referendum with only the Scottish National Party opposing the Bill . </P>
how many mps voted for the eu referendum
how many mps voted for the eu referendum
544
544