Six Tory MPs backed the Grieve amendment, and four Labour MPs supported the Government

Does the narrowness of the win signal further problems to come, or has the Government headed off the revolt?

John Bald: How South Cambridgeshire was lost

The key issue was planning, and our fate was sealed before the first leaflet was delivered. Developers would steamroller the council to get unwanted schemes approved.

The eleven Tory rebels who helped to defeat the Government

Some would-be rebels switched sides at the last minute, while at least three others abstained.

WATCH: Allen tells Peston that Green should stand down from Cabinet

“If you’re innocent, you have nothing to worry about, let the process take its natural course and the right will come out in the end.”

The rebels are right – Universal Credit is a good reform, endangered by a poor decision on its implementation

Ministers would do well to listen to their colleagues who want to improve – not destroy – this laudable change to the welfare system.

Edward Boyd: There must be no delay in rolling out universal credit

It needs investment, but is a vast improvement on the system it replaces. The MPs who want a delay are misguided.

Interview: David Burrowes, occasional rebel, constant Christian – and a backbench force to be reckoned with

The MP for Enfield Southgate helped to sink tax credit and Sunday Trading changes – and now has eye on the Government’s housing benefit plans for young people.

The seven Conservative MPs who rebelled over a Parliamentary vote on a Brexit deal. Osborne abstains.

Nicky Morgan also didn’t vote, along with Ben Howlett and Nick Herbert.

Peter Aldous and Heidi Allen: We need a sustainable funding model for supported housing

These often under-recognised services provide essential support to a wide range of this country’s vulnerable citizens.

Interview: Nicholas Soames compares Brexiteers to an Alsatian that must be kicked “really hard in the balls”

He regrets the resignation of IDS, condemns Liam Fox, and says the press has grotesquely exaggerated the Government’s difficulties.

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.

Whatever happened to all the Conservative backbench anger?

Cameron’s leadership, the Coalition, Europe. It was meant to be a time of Tory schism. It hasn’t been, so far.

Cameron delivered ConHome readers’ Speech of the Year

The Prime Minister’s victory oration in Manchester beat two celebrated maiden speeches and a cussed defence of the Speaker.

20 Conservative MPs revolt over tax credits. Five of them are 2015 intake members.

The number of rebels has risen; it is concentrated among post-2005 intake Tories, and in seats that are either marginal or were until recently.

The Government’s real problem is not the Lords, but the Commons

Tory MPs would have forced changes to Osborne’s tax credit plan in any event. Are they really up for the tough decisions that deficit reduction requires?