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Posts Tagged: Sir Robert Syms MP

The twelve Conservative MPs who voted against the third lockdown

The tellers for the Noes were Christopher Chope and Chris Green. The last major Tory rebellion against Government Covid policy was 53 strong.

By Paul Goodman | 7 January 2021 | 50 comments

The forty-two Conservative MPs who voted against the Government on the 10pm curfew

That’s the biggest Tory revolt so far on a virus-related division, and enough potentially to defeat the Government in future.

By Paul Goodman | 14 October 2020 | 49 comments

The twelve Conservative MPs who voted yesterday evening against the rule of six

These are early shots in the developing Tory backbench campaign against the restrictions, which are set to gain volume and velocity.

By Paul Goodman | 7 October 2020 | 34 comments

Cummings 1) Rolling list of Conservative MPs who’ve called on him to go

We’re now on Day Four of the controversy. This list began on Day Two and continues. One Minister has resigned from the Government.

26 May 2020 | 487 comments

The 38 Conservative MPs who rebelled over Huwaei

They included seven former Cabinet Ministers, the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee and the Chairman of the 1922 Executive Committee.

11 March 2020 | 57 comments

Which MP is backing which candidate. Our named estimates. Johnson 131, Hunt 48, Gove 36, Javid 22

Here’s our best stab at who is voting for whom, and this list will be updated each morning, as the contest continues.

By Paul Goodman | 20 June 2019 | 741 comments

Robert Halfon: If you don’t like the backstop and you want a Brexit deal done quickly, there’s only one answer: Common Market 2.0

I voted for the Prime Minister’s deal today. But the Commons didn’t – and we now all need a positive alternative.

By Robert Halfon MP | 13 March 2019 | 121 comments

The 39 Conservative MPs who switched from opposing the Withdrawal Agreement to supporting it

Philip Davies, a famously long-standing and committed Brexiteer, is among their number.

By Mark Wallace | 13 March 2019 | 65 comments

The 22 Conservative MPs who voted against the Cooper amendment

We understand that 88 other Tory backbenchers didn’t vote on it, including Boris Johnson, Dominic Raab and Jacob Rees-Mogg.

28 February 2019 | 84 comments

Why did the Government craft its own defeat yesterday evening?

Perhaps we will find out today why Downing Street and the whips stuck with a motion that risked revolt by ERG members and second referendum backers alike.

By Paul Goodman | 15 February 2019 | 247 comments

Chris White: May faces a huge task – and she has made it harder for herself by neglecting the Whips’ Office

It is an extraordinarly inexperienced team. None of the four senior whips were appointed before July 2016, and no junior whip before June 2017.

By Chris White | 4 December 2018 | 15 comments

Knighthoods awarded to Penning and Syms

The honours appear to be some compensation for both men having been shuffled out of government roles over the summer.

By Mark Wallace | 12 October 2017 | 18 comments

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