Who are the least rebellious Tory MPs?
By Jonathan Isaby For a while now I have regularly been identifying the most rebellious Conservative MPs, so it seems… | 21 comments
Posts Tagged: Rebellions
27 Tory rebels back Douglas Carswell’s attempt to amend the Loans to Ireland Bill
By Jonathan Isaby Steve Baker has written elsewhere on the site this morning about the Loans to Ireland Bill, which… Read more »
The Lords rebellion on tuition fees that never was
By Jonathan Isaby Last week saw the crunch votes in the Commons on increasing the upper tuition fees limit to… Read more »
Philip Hollobone continues to top the league table of backbench rebels
By Jonathan Isaby It's five weeks since my last league tables noting the most rebellious Conservative backbenchers. Since then there… Read more »
A full breakdown of who voted which way and who rebelled in tonight’s votes
By Jonathan Isaby Both divisions tonight – on increasing the upper tuition fees limit to £9,000 and on raising the… Read more »
Bill Cash fails in his attempt to make future early elections subject to a Commons motion passed by a simple majority
By Jonathan Isaby During the latest proceedings on the Fixed Term Parliaments Bill yesterday, Bill Cash led an attempt to… Read more »
Should the fixed-term Parliament last for four or five years?
By Jonathan Isaby During Tuesday's proceedings on the Fixed Term Parliaments Bill, amendments were tabled by Plaid Cymru – and… Read more »
Eight Tory MPs back bid to extend Equitable Life compensation scheme
By Jonathan Isaby Before yesterday's debate on EU Economic Governance there was another minor Tory backbench rebellion during proceedings on… Read more »
25 backbenchers – including several first-time rebels – defy the whip in latest Europe rebellion
By Jonathan Isaby Yesterday afternoon saw the Commons approving a variety of documents on "European Union Economic Governance". Treasury minister… Read more »
Latest statistics on rebellious Tory backbenchers
By Jonathan Isaby Two weeks ago I published the first in a regular series of tables noting the most rebellious… Read more »
Rebel Tory backbenchers fail in their attempt to impose thresholds on the AV Referendum – but 21 MPs back the bid before the bill clears the Commons
By Jonathan Isaby During last night's proceedings on the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, Tory MP Bill Cash proposed… Read more »
22 Tory MPs support reduction in number of Government ministers
By Tim Montgomerie In the Commons yesterday Government Whips successfully defeated an effort by Charles Walker MP to reduce the… Read more »
The most and least rebellious Conservative backbenchers
By Jonathan Isaby Since the demise of Philip Cowley's excellent Revolts website, limited attention has been has been paid to… Read more »
A small Conservative rebellion took place on Tuesday over the date of the AV referendum
by Paul Goodman It's worth keeping an eye on the progress of the NAME bill – the measure that paves… Read more »
Despite massive whipping operation, 37 Conservative MPs vote to cut UK contribution to EU
By Tim Montgomerie Yesterday I highlighted an attempt, led by Douglas Carswell, to reduce Britain's contribution to the EU. The… Read more »