Brexit: Lucas Respects Result But Will ‘Test Government Proposals’

The Supreme Court has ruled Parliament must vote on whether the government can start the Brexit process, meaning our local MP’s have an unusual choice to make.

70,407 local voters will be represented by a couple of MP’s in a forthcoming vote on so called ‘Brexit’.  The decision today means some MP’s could go against the local referendum results, or use them as a mandate for their vote.

Rather than the usual vote boundaries the EU Referendum vote was based on the local authority boundary, so both Ian Lucas in the Wrexham constituency and Susan Elan Jones in the Clwyd South constituency would be representing local voter views in any forthcoming parliamentary vote.

Back in June 41,544 local people voting to leave the EU and 28,822 voting to remain part of it – with a whopping 71.6% turnout.

At the time of a previous judgement we asked local MP Ian Lucas what his position would be – his response is here.

Today Wrexham.com asked Mr Lucas if his position was still the same, he told us: “I have always said that my vote will take into account both Wrexham’s vote and what the Government puts before the House.

“I also recognise that I supported a Referendum on EU membership and must respect the result.”

“However, it is my job to test what proposals the Government brings to Parliament and I will do so.”

Today the court also ruled that the Welsh Assembly did not need a say in the process.

Locally only Wrexham.com and the Daily Post thought the EU Referendum was worth covering as it was quite a big thing, you can see our on the night coverage here of the historic moment…

It is expected that a vote will take place before the end of March.