For
Bacon, Mr Richard
Baker, Steve
Benyon, Richard
Bottomley, Sir Peter
Bridgen, Andrew
Carmichael, Neil
Crouch, Tracey
Davies, David T. C.
Duncan, rh Sir Alan
Fuller, Richard
Garnier, Sir Edward
Gillan, rh Mrs Cheryl
Grieve, rh Mr Dominic
Hollobone, Mr Philip
Holloway, Mr Adam
Jones, rh Mr David
Latham, Pauline
Leigh, Sir Edward
Leslie, Charlotte
Liddell-Grainger, Mr Ian
Lilley, rh Mr Peter
Loughton, Tim
Lumley, Karen
Main, Mrs Anne
McCartney, Jason
Menzies, Mark
Ollerenshaw, Eric
Robathan, rh Mr Andrew
Robertson, rh Sir Hugh
Robertson, Mr Laurence
Soames, rh Sir Nicholas
Stephenson, Andrew
Stewart, Bob
Turner, Mr Andrew
Vickers, Martin
Wharton, James
White, Chris
Williamson, Chris
Wollaston, Dr Sarah
Yeo, Mr Tim
Plus Crispin Blunt as a teller
Against
Blackman, Bob
Djanogly, Mr Jonathan
Freer, Mike
Mills, Nigel
Offord, Dr Matthew
Syms, Mr Robert
I make that 41 for, six against. Apologies to anyone I’ve missed out.
There are two ways of reading the fact that most Conservative MPs didn’t vote at all. The first is that support for the pro-Palestinian cause, to use a form of shorthand, on the Tory benches is low. The second is that support for Israel is slipping away – in support of which claim the low number of Conservative MPs opposing the motion will be cited.
My take is the latter. It may also be that many MPs concluded, as I argued yesterday, that the case for recognition has not been made.