By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter As reported last week, this Parliament has seen more rebellions than during the Major years, and in fact, the 2010 intake has been the most rebellious since at least 1945. The last Parliamentary year has seen Conservative rebellions on issues such as European bailouts, recognising marriage in the tax system, or […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter. Last night at least 32 Tory MPs (listed below) voted with Labour against an 88% hike in Britain's contribution to the IMF. The hike is to partly fund the IMF's ability to fund bailouts. I write "at least" because I've only quickly scanned the voting list. Please email tim@conservativehome.com […]
By Jonathan IsabyFollow Jonathan on Twitter Yesterday Mark Reckless MP wrote on ConHome about the motion he is putting before Parliament in backbench time this afternoon which would: "require the Government to place the European Financial Stability Mechanism on the agenda of the next meeting of the Council of Ministers or the European Council and […]
By Jonathan Isaby At the end of proceedings on the European Union Bill yesterday, there was an opportunity for the Commons to debate and vote on the amendment from Wellingborough MP Peter Bone, which he wrote about here on ConHome last month. The thrust of his amendment was that an in/out referendum on British membership […]
By Jonathan Isaby Both divisions tonight – on increasing the upper tuition fees limit to £9,000 and on raising the cap on basic tuition fees to £6,000 – saw identical results: 323 votes in favour and 302 votes against. Factoring in two tellers from each side, you had 325 MPs backing the Government line and […]
Matthew Hancock, who replaced Richard Spring as MP for Suffolk West, used his maiden speech yesterday to endorse “the devolution of power to people more locally:”: “That is a thread that binds together all of us on this side of the House. We believe that the constitution has become too centralised and that local people […]