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On ConHome yesterday Philip Cowley listed some of the key facts about the latest state of rebellious play in the Conservative parliamentary party, including:

The fact that the rebellion of the 53 was the 30th Conservative backbench rebellion on Europe since 2010;
98 Tory MPs have now voted against Government on Europe;
26 of Wednesday night's 53 EU budget rebels were from new intake;
Stockton South MP James Wharton was only first time rebel amongst the 53;
Tories were divided between sceptics and 'pro-Europeans'; now divided between hard and soft sceptics.

Here is a list of the 37 Tory MPs who have participated in all of the three biggest rebellions that have taken place in this parliament - (i) the vote in favour of an EU referendum; (ii) the vote against Nick Clegg's Lords scheme; and (iii) a vote for a real terms cut in the EU budget:

Steve Baker
John Baron
Andrew Bingham
Brian Binley
Peter Bone
Andrew Bridgen
Bill Cash
Christopher Chope
James Clappison
Tracey Crouch
Philip Davies
David Davis
Nick de Bois
Nadine Dorries
Richard Drax
Zac Goldsmith
James Gray
Philip Hollobone
Adam Holloway
Stewart Jackson
Bernard Jenkin
Chris Kelly
Edward Leigh
Julian Lewis
Ann Main
Karl McCartney
David Nuttall
Andrew Percy
John Redwood
Simon Reevell
Laurence Robertson
Andrew Rosindell
Richard Shephered
Bob Stewart
Sir Peter Tapsell
Andrew Turner
John Whittingdale

Friday, November 02, 2012 in Rebellions | Permalink | Comments

1 Nov 2012 12:51:34

The thirteen Tory MPs who abstained last night include Graham Brady, Liam Fox and Charles Walker

By Tim Montgomerie
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In addition to the 53 Tory MPs who rebelled on the EU debate here's a list of the thirteen who apparently abstained (either deliberately or because of absence):

Nigel Adams
Adam Afriyie
Graham Brady
Glyn Davies
Liam Fox
Roger Gale
Robert Halfon
Jason McCartney
Patrick Mercer
Priti Patel
John Stanley
Rory Stewart
Charles Walker

Thursday, November 01, 2012 in Europe, Rebellions | Permalink | Comments

1 Nov 2012 08:45:29

Philip Cowley and Mark Stuart: Key facts on the size and nature of last night's Tory budget rebellion

Philip Cowley and Mark Stuart are in the Centre for British Politics at the University of Nottingham. Follow Philip on Twitter.

Size: Some 53 Conservative MPs, including tellers, voted against their whip. That’s not the largest rebellion of the Parliament so far (which was over Lords reform), or even the largest rebellion over Europe (the revolt of a year ago, over a referendum, involved 81 Conservative MPs). But it does make it a larger revolt than any Conservative rebellion over Europe before 2010 – including bigger than any of the Maastricht rebellions.

Systematic: This was not the Government’s first Commons defeat. Even leaving aside the issue of Lords reform (where they were not formally defeated but withdrew the legislation in the face of certain defeat) they had previously gone down to defeat in December 2011 on the motion that the House had considered the economy – as a result of an old fashioned Labour ambush, with Labour MPs hiding until enough Conservative MPs had gone home. Defeats caused by such tactical manoeuvres are embarrassing for the government but they do not represent a systematic problem. Last night was the first Commons defeat caused by internal opposition, and it is therefore much more serious.

Whipping: Nor, indeed, was it Sir George Young’s first rebellion as Chief Whip. That honour went to a rebellion by Philip Davies on a Labour Opposition Day Motion on Policing on 24 October. Indeed, it wasn’t even Sir George’s second rebellion. That was a revolt on 30 October by six Conservative MPs on the Draft Welfare of Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (England) Regulations 2012. But he won’t have lost much sleep over those. David Cameron has had three Chief Whips. Two – Patrick McLoughlin and Sir George Young – have been defeated in the Commons. Andrew Mitchell is his only undefeated Chief Whip. We doubt that makes Mr Mitchell feel much better.

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Thursday, November 01, 2012 in Europe, Rebellions | Permalink | Comments

31 Oct 2012 20:26:41

Full list of tonight's FIFTY-ONE *THREE** Tory rebels

51 in total, with two tellers:

Steve Baker
John Baron
Andrew Bingham
Brian Binley
Peter Bone
Andrew Bridgen
Aidan Burley
Conor Burns
Douglas Carswell
Bill Cash
Christopher Chope
James Clappison
Tracey Crouch
Philip Davies
David Davis
Nick de Bois
Nadine Dorries
Richard Drax
Zac Goldsmith
James Gray
Chris Heaton-Harris
Gordon Henderson
Philip Hollobone
Adam Holloway
Stewart Jackson
Bernard Jenkin
Chris Kelly
Edward Leigh
Julian Lewis
Jack Lopresti
Karl McCartney
Stephen McPartland
Anne Main
Nigel Mill
David Nuttall
Andrew Percy
Mark Pritchard
Mark Reckless
John Redwood
Simon Reevell
Laurence Robertson
Andrew Rosindell
David Ruffley
Richard Shepherd
Henry Smith
Bob Stewart
Sir Peter Tapsell
Andrew Turner
Martin Vickers
James Wharton
Heather Wheeler
John Whittingdale
Sarah Wollaston

9.45pm: Tellers Peter Bone and Philip Hollobone added to lift tally of rebels to 53.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 in Europe, Rebellions | Permalink | Comments

31 Oct 2012 19:18:09

Government defeated in EU budget vote; Commons votes narrowly in favour of Mark Reckless amendment

By Peter Hoskin
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Minutes before the result of tonight's EU budget vote was announced, Westminster — and Twitter, natch — was abuzz with all sorts of contradictory rumours. No.10 was saying that the rebels had won it; the rebels were suggesting that they'd just missed out. Who was playing whom?

But, in the end, the confusion may well have been due to the closeness of the result. The government was indeed defeated, but by only 13 votes. Here's how it broke down:

Ayes in favour of the Reckless amendment: 307

Nos: 294

What does this change? In terms of the specific matter at hand, the EU Budget negotiations, it's hard to tell. The government says, for now, that it will continue to negotiate for a real-terms freeze when the Eurosummit convenes next month — although don't be suprised if ministers suggest more frequently, as David Cameron did in PMQs earlier, that what they really, really want is a cut, but that, sadly, is undeliverable, etc.

But tonight's vote could well have wider rammifications. Even though the number of Tory rebels looks to be lower than for last year's Tory rebellion — perhaps around the 50 mark — it is still far from ideal for David Cameron to have the word DEFEAT splattered across tomorrow's papers. Questions will be asked about his grip over his party. Questions will be asked about the new whipping operation under Sir George Young. Questions will be asked about the Tory Party and Europe.

But more signficant than all of that is what Mr Cameron actually manages to return with from Brussels. At the moment, it looks as though he'll struggle to secure even a freeze. But, as I suggested yesterday, an extended negotiating period could strengthen the power of any threatened veto, as Europe quivers at the prospect of no agreement being reached.

There's no point making predictions, though. There are countless participants in this grim comedy, from Tory backbenchers to the governments of Eastern Europe — and that means uncertainty all the way.

8pm update:

ConHome will have more on tonight's vote as it comes in.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 in Europe, Rebellions | Permalink | Comments

23 Jul 2012 11:04:25

Cameron gives a job to one of the EU rebels in first sign of a forgiving attitude

By Tim Montgomerie
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Earlier today I published Philip Cowley's list of the 143 Tory MPs who've rebelled against the Coalition. One of the names on the list is Stuart Andrew MP. Stuart was one of the 81 rebels on the backbench EU referendum motion. But guess what? The Cabinet Office will shortly announce that he's the new PPS to Francis Maude. You may remember that Mr Maude lost his previous PPS - Angie Bray - over the Lords rebellion.

This is a significant moment. It's the first sign that rebels may have a hope in the expected September reshuffle. My Whips Office source was careful to point out that Andrew rebelled on a backbench motion rather than government business but neither would he rule out promotions for Lords rebels. "Let bygones be bygones" were his words.

Forgiveness is probably the right way forward but the small number of Tory MPs who have stayed loyal to the Government at all times may not feel the same way if they see rebels leapfrog ahead of them.

Monday, July 23, 2012 in Rebellions, Stuart Andrew MP | Permalink | Comments

23 Jul 2012 08:30:25

The 143 Tory MPs who have rebelled against the Coalition Government

By Tim Montgomerie
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I'm grateful to Philip Cowley, Professor of Parliamentary Government at the University of Nottingham, for supplying this full list of the 143 Tory MPs who have rebelled against the Government in this Parliament.

Afriyie, Adam
Aldous, Peter
Amess, David
Andrew, Stuart
Baker, Steve
Baron, John
Bebb, Guto
Bingham, Andrew
Binley, Brian
Blackman, Bob
Blackwood, Nicola
Bone, Peter
Bottomley, Peter
Brady, Graham
Bray, Angie
Brazier, Julian
Bridgen, Andrew
Brine, Steve
Bruce, Fiona
Buckland, Robert
Burns, Conor
Byles, Dan
Cairns, Alun
Carswell, Douglas
Cash, William
Chope, Christopher
Clappison, James
Clifton-Brown, Geoffrey
Cox, Geoffrey
Crouch, Tracey
Davies, David TC
Davies, Philip
Davis, David
de Bois, Nick
Dinenage, Caroline
Dorries, Nadine
Drax, Richard
Ellis, Michael
Ellison, Jane
Eustice, George
Evans, Jonathan
Field, Mark
Freer, Mike
Fullbrook, Lorraine
Fuller, Richard
Goldsmith, Zac
Gray, James
Griffiths, Andrew
Gummer, Ben
Halfon, Robert
Harrington, Richard
Hart, Simon
Haselhurst, Sir Alan
Heaton-Harris, Chris
Henderson, Gordon
Hollingbery, George
Hollobone, Philip
Holloway, Adam
Jackson, Stewart
Jenkin, Bernard
Johnson, Gareth
Jones, Marcus
Kelly, Chris
Knight, Greg
Laing, Eleanor
Latham, Pauline
Leadsom, Andrea
Lee, Phillip
Lefroy, Jeremy
Leigh, Edward
Leslie, Charlotte
Lewis, Dr Julian
Liddell-Grainger, Ian
Lilley, Peter
Lord, Jonathan
Lumley, Karen
Main, Anne
McCartney, Jason
McCartney, Karl
McIntosh, Anne
McPartland, Stephen
Mernsch, Louise
Mercer, Patrick
Mills, Nigel
Mordaunt, Penny
Morris, Anne Marie
Morris, James
Mosley, Stephen
Mowat, David
Murray, Sheryll
Newton, Sarah
Nokes, Caroline
Norman, Jesse
Nuttall, David
Offord, Matthew
Ottaway, Richard
Parish, Neil
Patel, Priti
Pawsey, Mark
Percy, Andrew
Pincher, Christopher
Poulter, Daniel
Pritchard, Mark
Raab, Dominic
Reckless, Mark
Redwood, John
Rees-Mogg, Jacob
Reevell, Simon
Rifkind, Sir Malcolm
Robertson, Laurence
Rosindell, Andrew
Ruffley, David
Sandys, Laura
Shepherd, Richard
Simpson, Keith
Smith, Henry
Soames, Nicholas
Stanley, Sir John
Stephenson, Andrew
Stevenson, John
Stewart, Bob
Stewart, Rory
Streeter, Gary
Stuart, Graham
Sturdy, Julian
Syms, Robert
Tapsell, Sir Peter
Tomlinson, Justin
Tredinnick, David
Turner, Andrew
Tyrie, Andrew
Vickers, Martin
Walker, Charles
Walker, Robin
Walter, Robert
Weatherley, Mike
Wharton, James
Wheeler, Heather
White, Chris
Whittaker, Craig
Whittingdale, John
Wollaston, Sarah
Zahawi, Nadhim

This is what I wrote yesterday: "My guess is that now the genie of backbench power is out of the bottle it won't easily be put back. Those Tory MPs who were part of the "81" or the "91" won't suddenly become ultra-loyal even if the ideal party leader or agenda is suddenly discovered. Rebelliousness is now in the Tory bloodstream with huge implications for how whipping should be carried out."

11.15am: Douglas Carswell MP reacting to this list argues that he's not so much a rebel as someone doing his job, representing his constituents and beliefs. Read his words.

Monday, July 23, 2012 in Rebellions | Permalink | Comments

11 Jul 2012 09:43:57

80 Tory backbenchers voted for Lords reform last night. 110 did not.

By Matthew Barrett
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We know that 91 Tories voted against the Lords Reform Bill last night. That's the big, headline grabbing figure - the biggest rebellion in this Parliament.

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10 Jul 2012 23:13:12

Sky News says 91 Conservative MP vote against Lords Reform Bill. That's bigger than the EU referendum revolt. Have half of all Tory backbenchers failed to support the Government?

By Paul Goodman
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11.30pm Update List of Conservative MPs who opposed Second Reading:

Adam Afriyie
David Amess
Steve Baker
John Baron
Guto Bebb
Andrew Bingham
Brian Binley
Bob Blackman
Nicola Blackwood
Graham Brady
Angie Bray
Julian Brazier
Andrew Bridgen
Steve Brine
Conor Burns
Dan Byles
Alun Cairns
Bill Cash
Christopher Chope
James Clappison
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Geoffrey Cox
Tracey Crouch
Philip Davies
David Davis
Nick De Bois
Caroline Dinenage
Nadine Dorries
Richard Drax
George Eustice
Mike Freer
Richard Fuller
Zac Goldsmith
James Gray
Andew Griffiths
Richard Harrington
Simon Hart
Sir Alan Haselhurst
Philip Hollobone
Adam Holloway
Stewart Jackson
Bernard Jenkin
Gareth Johnson
Chris Kelly
Eleanor Laing
Dr Phillip Lee
Edward Leigh
Charlotte Leslie
Dr Julian Lewis
Ian Liddell-Grainger
Peter Lilley
Jonathan Lord
Karen Lumley
Jason McCartney
Karl McCartney
Anne McIntosh
Anne Main
Louise Mensch
Patrick Mercer
Penny Mordaunt
James Morris
Jesse Norman
David Nuttall
Matthew Offord
Mark Pawsey
Andrew Percy
Christopher Pincher
John Redwood
Jacob Rees Mogg
Simon Reevel
Sir Malcolm Rifkind
Laurence Robertson
Andrew Rossindell
David Ruffley
Richard Shepherd
Nicholas Soames
Bob Stewart
Rory Stewart
Gary Streeter
Graham Stuart
Sir Peter Tapsell
David Tredinnick
Andrew Tyrie
Charles Walker
Robin Walker
Bob Walter
Chris White
John Whittingdale
Nadhim Zahawi

Tellers: Peter Bone and Craig Whittaker.

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The 91 figure comes from Sky News. It may not be quite right. But we can be sure that the revolt against the bill has beaten last autumn's 82 votes for a EU referendum.

So how big a proportion of Conservative backbenchers is 91?

Let's work on the assumption that there are roughly 207 Tory backbenchers. This is because there are 307 Conservative MPs in total. At least 80 serve as Commons Ministers or Whips. Add the Parliamentary Private Secretaries - there appears to be no complete record of them on the net - and one can't be far short of 100 members of the front bench.

So 91 is well over a third of all backbenchers and approaching half - 103 or so.

But wait. 91 is just the number that voted against the bill. There will be abstentions as well. So it's more likely than not that if one adds votes against to abstentions over half of all Tory backbenchers failed to support it.

And since some Ministers will have held their noses and voted for the bill it's fair to say that there's no consensus for it among the 307 Conservative MPs.

PPS Conor Burns resigned from the Government this afternoon and PPS Angie Bray has been sacked for voting against the bill.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012 in Big votes, Rebellions, Whips | Permalink | Comments

8 May 2012 13:03:56

The 2010-12 parliamentary session was the most rebellious on record

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Philip Cowley and Mark Stuart of the University of Nottingham have released a new pamplet - "The Bumper Book of Coalition Rebellions", which documents the 239 backbench rebellions so far in this Parliament, in which 544 votes have been held.

The pamplet takes us from the first rebellion, on the government’s control of time in the Commons, to the last, on Sunday Trading during the Olympics. This Parliament has seen more rebellions by government MPs than in any other session in the post-war era. As "The Bumper Book" says, "It comfortably beats the previous record of 128, held by Conservative MPs in the 1971-72 session. Indeed, a figure of 239 is higher than all but three entire post-war parliaments."

In fact, there were more rebellions in the last two years than there were between 1945 and 1966 - a period which saw six Prime Ministers and six parliaments. On a different measure, the "relative rate of rebellion", this session's 239 rebellions constitute a rebellion by Coalition MPs in 44% of divisions, which is a record in post-war parliaments. The 44% figure can be broken down further: Conservative MPs have rebelled in 28% of votes, while Lib Dems have rebelled in 24% of votes.

It is also notable how much of a contrast there is between the 2010-12 session and most first sessions in a parliament. As the pamplet says: "The rebellion rate for coalition MPs collectively is way above all other first sessions in the post-war era (the previous record was 28%, for Labour MPs in the 2005-6 session, as the party entered its third, and most troublesome, parliament under Tony Blair)".

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19 Apr 2012 12:22:20

29 Tory MPs rebelled last night against individual Budget measures

By Tim Montgomerie
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A good number of Tory MPs rebelled last night over Budget measures.

Ten rebelled over the so-called pasty tax, including four West Country MPs (italics):

Philip Davies
George Eustice
Gordon Henderson
Philip Hollobone
Anne Main
Sheryll Murray
Sarah Newton
Matthew Offord
Mark Reckless
Gary Streeter

Seventeen rebelled over the 'caravan tax':

Peter Aldous
Douglas Carswell
Christopher Chope
David Davis
Nadine Dorries
Gordon Henderson
Philip Hollobone
Stewart Jackson
Anne Main
Anne McIntosh
Andrew Percy
Mark Pritchard
Mark Reckless
Graham Stuart
Martin Vickers
Craig Whittaker
John Whittingdale

Another 14 rebelled about VAT on protected buildings, including churches:

Peter Bottomley
Douglas Carswell
William Cash
Christopher Chope
Nadine Dorries
Philip Hollobone
Stewart Jackson
Edward Leigh
Anne Main
David Nuttall
Mark Pritchard
Mark Reckless
Richard Shepherd
Charles Walker

In total I calculate 29 rebels. Philip Hollobone was the only Tory MP to rebel on all three occasions.

Thursday, April 19, 2012 in Rebellions | Permalink | Comments

25 Oct 2011 06:44:09

The 81 Conservative MPs who voted for a referendum

Stuart Andrew (Pudsey)
Steve Baker (Wycombe)
John Baron (Basildon and Billericay)
Andrew Bingham (High Peak)
Brian Binley (Northampton South)
Bob Blackman (Harrow East)
Peter Bone (Wellingborough)*
Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West)
Andrew Bridgen (Leicestershire NW)
Steve Brine (Winchester)
Fiona Bruce (Congleton)
Dan Byles (Warwickshire North)
Douglas Carswell (Clacton)
Bill Cash (Stone)
Chris Chope (Christchurch)
James Clappison (Hertsmere)
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford)
David T C Davies (Monmouth)
Philip Davies (Shipley)
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden)
Nick de Bois (Enfield North)
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport)
Nadine Dorries (Bedfordshire Mid)
Richard Drax (Dorset South)
Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster)
Lorraine Fullbrook (South Ribble)
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park)
James Gray (Wiltshire North)
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry)
Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne & Sheppey)
George Hollingbery (Meon Valley)
Philip Hollobone (Kettering)*
Adam Holloway (Gravesham)
Stewart Jackson (Peterborough)
Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and Essex N)
Marcus Jones (Nuneaton)
Chris Kelly (Dudley South)
Andrea Leadsom (Northamptonshire S)
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford)
Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)
Julian Lewis (New Forest East)
Karen Lumley (Redditch)
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley)
Karl McCartney (Lincoln)
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage)
Anne Main (St Albans)
Patrick Mercer (Newark)
Nigel Mills (Amber Valley)
Anne-Marie Morris (Newton Abbot)
James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis)
Stephen Mosley (Chester)
Sheryll Murray (Cornwall SE)
Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton N)
David Nuttall (Bury N)
Matthew Offord (Hendon)
Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton)
Priti Patel (Witham)
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole)
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin)
Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood)
John Redwood (Wokingham)
Jacob Rees-Mogg (Somerset NE)
Simon Reevell (Dewsbury)
Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury)
Andrew Rosindell (Romford)
Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills)
Henry Smith (Crawley)
John Stevenson (Carlisle)
Bob Stewart (Beckenham)
Gary Streeter (Devon SW)
Julian Sturdy (York Outer)
Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth and Horncastle)
Justin Tomlinson (Swindon N)
Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight)
Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes)
Charles Walker (Broxbourne)
Robin Walker (Worcester)
Heather Wheeler (Derbyshire S)
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley)
John Whittingdale (Maldon)
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes)

In addition two Tory MPs abstained by voting in both lobbies; Iain Stewart and Mike Weatherley. Other abstaining MPs have yet to be identified.

One Liberal Democrat voted for a referendum; Adrian Sanders. Mr Sanders, notably, represents Torbay in the Eurosceptic South West.

19 Labour MPs defied Ed Miliband's three line whip and voted for the motion.

* Tellers.

Full list.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011 in Europe, Rebellions | Permalink | Comments (91)

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