Claim: The UK share of the vote in the EU Council of Ministers is 8%, down from 17% when we joined.
Fact-check: British influence in the EU Council of Ministers - Full Fact
Verdict: it has declined, but a new system based on population makes the uk's vote worth 13%. a lot of council decisions are made by consensus after negotiation, so vote share doesn't neatly capture the uk's influence.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Conor James Mckinney
Date published: 2016-01-05T00:00:00