The 14 Tory MPs who voted for the Afriyie amendment

Despite the amendment attempt, and Labour attempts to talk the Bill out, the 2017 referendum is still on track.

Martin Vickers MP: Voters are ahead of the game on Europe. They don’t want to wait four years for a referendum.

Martin Vickers is Member of Parliament for the Cleethorpes Constituency.  Follow Martin on Twitter. Turning the clock back to October 2011,… Read more »

Fourteen Tory MPs defy Cameron on press regulation

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. Fourteen Conservative MPs voted against David Cameron's proposals on press regulation earlier this evening… Read more »

70 Tory MPs vote to repeal the Human Rights Act

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Yesterday in Parliament, Richard Bacon, a Conservative backbencher, tried to introduce a Bill which would… Read more »

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 »

New 1922 Committee and Select Committee members elected

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. After today's 1922 Committee elections, Robert Buckland has been elected Joint-Secretary (replacing Karen Bradley, an… Read more »

Conservative Select Committee appointments announced

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Guido Fawkes has a list of new Conservative members of Select Committees, from Graham… Read more »

41 Tory MPs join call by Robert Halfon MP for OFT to investigate high petrol prices

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Robert Halfon, the Member of Parliament for Harlow, and one of the most successful… Read more »

Tomorrow’s 1922 Committee Elections – nominations in full

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter 8.45pm Update by Matthew Barrett: I have now learned which candidates are being backed by… Read more »

Martin Vickers MP: Needed now – a Government message for Mr and Mrs Average

Martin Vickers is Member of Parliament for the Cleethorpes Constituency.  Follow Martin on Twitter. For 16 of my 26 years… Read more »

The 2010-12 parliamentary session was the most rebellious on record

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter Philip Cowley and Mark Stuart of the University of Nottingham have released a new pamplet… Read more »

Record of how Conservative MPs are reacting to the local election results

A variety of reactions are pasted in this blog. The names of those calling for some change of message, priority… Read more »

What is the Cornerstone group? Matthew Barrett profiles the socially conservative Tory backbench group

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter My series profiling the backbench groups of Tory MPs has so far mainly featured groups… Read more »

Martin Vickers MP: The party which acts quickest to increase representation of working class MPs could determine future elections

Martin Vickers is the Member of Parliament for Cleethorpes. That favourite British obsession, class, has reared its head once again… Read more »

Tory MPs raise their grievances, hopes and caution with Justine Greening over HS2

By Joseph Willits Follow Joseph on Twitter After Justine Greening's announcement giving the go-ahead for a high speed rail network, High Speed… Read more »