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Posts Tagged: Alec Shelbrooke MP

Opposition to new national lockdowns is growing on the Conservative backbenches

Over a third of those who asked a question during a Hancock statement yesterday were to some degree resistant to such shutdowns.

By Paul Goodman | 22 September 2020 | 208 comments

Alec Shelbrooke: We’re levelling up this country – and that’s got to include equal constituencies

The long-awaited Parliamentary Constituencies Bill will give voters fairer representation, and prevent political delay tactics.

By Alec Shelbrooke MP | 13 July 2020 | 107 comments

Which MP is backing which candidate. Our named estimates. Johnson 131, Hunt 48, Gove 36, Javid 22

Here’s our best stab at who is voting for whom, and this list will be updated each morning, as the contest continues.

By Paul Goodman | 20 June 2019 | 741 comments

Profile: David Lidington – the Tory loyalist diverging from his leader over Brexit. And now tipped as her successor.

At the heart of May’s operation, this staunch Conservative is now mulling potential ways to a second referendum with Labour MPs.

By Andrew Gimson | 17 December 2018 | 106 comments

Ben Roback: Shelbrooke scours the world for campaigning advice and new alliances

The Conservative Party’s Vice Chair for International tells me about his priorities in the role.

By Ben Roback | 10 October 2018

Whately and Pursglove replace Caulfield and Bradley as vice-chairs of the Party

That the MP for Corby feels able to accept an office vacated over opposition to Chequers illustrates division amongst the Brexiteers.

By Henry Hill | 28 July 2018 | 33 comments

1922 Executive Committee election results announced. Two new MPs join it – Badenoch and Lamont.

All but two of those elected are from the 2010, 2015 and 2017 intakes.

By Mark Wallace | 18 July 2017 | 14 comments

The Government must crack on with the unfinished business of trade union reform

The growing clamour for action is entirely justified.

By Harry Phibbs | 17 December 2016

Battlegrounds Revisited 6) Yorkshire and the Humber

The Tories ousted Ed Balls and the Liberal Democrats managed to return two seats, but otherwise this region was a low-scoring draw for the main parties.

By Henry Hill | 25 June 2015 | 3 comments

The Election Battleground 6) Yorkshire and the Humber

The region, which the Yorkshire Post argues should have its own Minister, is the scene of intense campaigning.

By Henry Hill | 26 March 2015 | 11 comments

From Reggie to Dessie: My encounter with the Conservative Ministerial Women’s Breakfast Club

The next day, I went to deliver leaflets in Rochester. We kept being delayed by Simon Burns insisting on showing passing punters his Hillary Clinton watch.

By Reggie | 29 October 2014

Alec Shelbrooke: The need to reverse Labour’s destruction of the Welfare State is greater than ever

Alec Shelbrooke is the Member of Parliament for Elmet and Rothwell. Follow Alec on Twitter. In December I introduced a Ten… Read more »

14 January 2013

Tory MP Alec Shelbrooke introduces Bill for Welfare Cash Card, to stop claimants buying cigarettes and alcohol

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. This morning in the Commons, Alec Shelbrooke, the Member of Parliament for Elmet and… Read more »

18 December 2012

The 118 Tory MPs the Daily Mail lists as being opposed to gay marriage

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. The Daily Mail this morning reports on the 118 Conservative MPs who have written to… Read more »

24 November 2012

Conservative MPs react to Nadine Dorries’s suspension

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter

6 November 2012

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