The Government’s mismanagement of their motion to require a secret ballot to elect the Speaker led to an embarrassing defeat today by 228 – 222 votes. Some Conservative allies of the Speaker would likely always have voted against it, while others were driven to vote No by what they saw as an overmighty and inconsiderate Executive. Here is the full list of the 23 Tories who voted against the motion:
Sir David Amess
Bob Blackman
Peter Bone
Graham Brady
Conor Burns
Christopher Chope
Tracey Crouch
Philip Davies
David Davis
Cheryl Gillan
Zac Goldsmith
James Gray
Adam Holloway
Bernard Jenkin
Jeremy Lefroy
Sir Edward Leigh
Dr Julian Lewis
Jack Lopresti
David Nuttall
Jacob Rees-Mogg
Sir Richard Shepherd
Martin Vickers
Charles Walker