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Posts Tagged: Stephen McPartland MP

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

Rolling list of Conservative MPs opposed to the NIC rise for the self-employed

Nineteen Members of Parliament have so far declared publicly.

By Mark Wallace | 10 March 2017 | 72 comments

Interview: Nicholas Soames compares Brexiteers to an Alsatian that must be kicked “really hard in the balls”

He regrets the resignation of IDS, condemns Liam Fox, and says the press has grotesquely exaggerated the Government’s difficulties.

By Andrew Gimson | 22 March 2016 | 155 comments

The list of the seven Conservative MPs who voted against air strikes on ISIS in Syria

The number was expected to be higher, but in the end the rebellion was smaller than anticipated.

By Mark Wallace | 3 December 2015 | 24 comments

Iain Dale: Europe. Cameron is ready to wave a piece of white paper declaring “An agreement for our time”

Plus: Osborne squeezes the rich till their pips squeak. Prime Minister Corbyn, and other fantasises. Stephen McPartland has balls of steel. And: No breast jokes here.

By Iain Dale | 13 November 2015 | 106 comments

To deliver 517 manifesto pledges, Cameron needs to share power. Here are three ways of doing so.

Pledges on this scale cannot be delivered in this Commons without Conservative consensus. They can only be charmed – not bullied – onto the statute book.

By Paul Goodman | 1 November 2015 | 48 comments

20 Conservative MPs revolt over tax credits. Five of them are 2015 intake members.

The number of rebels has risen; it is concentrated among post-2005 intake Tories, and in seats that are either marginal or were until recently.

By Paul Goodman | 30 October 2015 | 86 comments

The Government’s real problem is not the Lords, but the Commons

Tory MPs would have forced changes to Osborne’s tax credit plan in any event. Are they really up for the tough decisions that deficit reduction requires?

By Paul Goodman | 28 October 2015 | 117 comments

Battlegrounds Revisited 4) East of England

A handful of gains from the Liberal Democrats do little to disguise a total stalemate between Labour and the Tories in this region.

By Henry Hill | 11 June 2015 | 3 comments

The Election Battleground 4) East of England

The fourth in our series investigates the East of England, where the minor parties are making their presence felt in a traditional Tory-Labour front.

By Henry Hill | 12 March 2015 | 3 comments

Lord Ashcroft: The Conservatives extend their lead in this week’s Ashcroft National Poll

Plus: This week’s focus groups in Stevenage and Southampton Itchen; the TV debates; and if the party leaders worked outside politics, what would they do?

By Lord Ashcroft | 9 March 2015 | 43 comments

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.

By Mark Wallace | 22 November 2013 | 14 comments

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 »

5 December 2012

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 »

24 November 2012

80 Tory backbenchers voted for Lords reform last night. 110 did not.

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. We know that 91 Tories voted against the Lords Reform Bill last night. That's… Read more »

11 July 2012

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