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The 29 Conservative MPs who supported the China genocide amendment

The Government won the division during yesterday’s consideration of the Trade Bill by 18 votes.

23 March 2021

The forty-two Conservative MPs who voted against the Government on the 10pm curfew

That’s the biggest Tory revolt so far on a virus-related division, and enough potentially to defeat the Government in future.

By Paul Goodman | 14 October 2020 | 49 comments

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Johnson discovers the merits of brevity, and says nothing against hypocrisy

The PM accused Corbyn of being “negative”.

By Andrew Gimson | 29 January 2020 | 12 comments

How Vox Pub foresaw the Tory victory in England, but failed to predict defeat in Scotland

In vino veritas: talking to voters in pubs usually works. We saw how four of these five contests could be expected to play out.

By Andrew Gimson | 18 December 2019 | 41 comments

Election Battlegrounds 6) The South West

The Tories and Liberal Democrats face off over a relatively small field of competitive seats, whilst an Independent seeks an upset in East Devon.

By Henry Hill | 20 November 2019 | 53 comments

Vox pub: Cornish voters wonder whether they can trust the Prime Minister more than the Lib Dems

A fisherman from the Ajax, and other Leavers, want to know that Johnson will not let them down.

By Andrew Gimson | 13 November 2019 | 92 comments

The 39 Conservative MPs who switched from opposing the Withdrawal Agreement to supporting it

Philip Davies, a famously long-standing and committed Brexiteer, is among their number.

By Mark Wallace | 13 March 2019 | 65 comments

The 25 Conservatives who voted with Grieve to block a No Deal Brexit – or try to

Some favour a Second Referendum; others, EEA membership. But they have combined to deal the Prime Minister a second bloody blow in a single day.

4 December 2018 | 131 comments

Patel and Seely win Foreign Affairs committee places. Simon Clarke is elected to the Treasury committee.

The results of yesterday’s Select Committee elections weren’t at all bad for the Brexiteers – or Conservative Friends of Israel, for that matter.

By Paul Goodman | 8 February 2018 | 18 comments

What Zahawi does in the daytime

Well, at least more people than previously now know he is Minister for Children and Families. What should be in his in-tray?

By Paul Goodman | 25 January 2018 | 184 comments

Michael Farmer: How family members can help prisoners to break their cycle of crime

The final piece in our five-part series on ConHome on a new Manifesto to Strengthen Families, which was launched in Parliament this week.

By Lord Farmer | 8 September 2017 | 6 comments

Battleground Seats 1) The South West

We open a ConservativeHome series, which will run each Monday during the election campaign, on the key contests in each region

By Henry Hill | 24 April 2017 | 39 comments

The Conservative MPs who rebelled on Sunday Trading

Twenty five Tory MPs joined Labour and the SNP in opposing liberalisation, and provided the Government’s margin of defeat.

By Henry Hill | 10 March 2016 | 170 comments

The complete Cameron’s Children: an analysis of all 74 new Conservative MPs

On the surface, this intake looks different from those that have preceded it – and is in some respects. But beneath it, this is in many ways a very traditional Tory group.

By Paul Goodman | 7 September 2015 | 6 comments

Battlegrounds Revisited 2) The South West

We continue our post-match inspection of our battleground profiles with the Liberal Democrat graveyard of the South West.

By Henry Hill | 28 May 2015 | 27 comments

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