Published: March 26, 2019

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The 15 Tory MPs who rebelled, unsuccessfully, to back Beckett’s amendment

By Mark Wallace

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Unlike the Letwin amendment, Margaret Beckett’s amendment was rejected this evening – by a margin of three votes. Among the 311 MPs voting in favour were 15 Conservative rebels:

• Guto Bebb
• Nick Boles
• Steve Brine
• Kenneth Clarke
• Jonathan Djanogly
• Justine Greening
• Dominic Grieve
• Sam Gyimah
• Richard Harrington
• Phillip Lee

 

• Oliver Letwin
• Antoinette Sandbach
• Nicholas Soames
• Caroline Spelman
• Edward Vaizey

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