Asides from Jonathan Djanogly every other MP who has yet been de-selected by their executive and for whom the wider membership vote has occurred has been re-adopted. Why might this be?
Marson won by 117 votes to 71. Djanogly lost by 106 votes to 127.
He went down via a vote of 9-12 – with 6 of the latter thought to have come from councillors from wards added by boundary changes.
The new Government Food Strategy needs to be followed by well-targeted investment as part of a broader coordinated sustainable protein strategy.
Fifty-three Conservatives opposed the tiering plan last December, the largest Covid-related rebellion to date.
This rebellion had little in common with most others, but the names of many who oppose the Government now show a certain predictability.
Margot James resigned as a minister following her rebellion. Meanwhile, the Chancellor joined Gauke and Clark in failing to support the Government.
It passed its Third Reading by a single vote. Now the former Labour Minister’s anti-No Deal Bill is off to the Lords.
The list includes the three who resigned from the Government this evening – and Green, one of the Prime Minister’s oldest allies.
The proposal was rejected by 314 votes to 311. Boles, Gyimah, Spelman and Vaizey were among those to rebel. Plus Brine and Harrington.
By longstanding convention the Speaker casts his vote for the status quo. But would he?
Halfon and Stevenson join the Europhile ultras in a very near miss for the Government.
Cooper/Letwin is back, supported by Labour and Tory Europhiles as well as the Liberal Democrats, the Independent Group, and Scottish and Welsh nationalists.
The Cost of Living Share Plan is a practical solution to help people in work as the value of the pound in their pocket falls.