Sentences with phrase «chief whip david»

These included former Conservative chief whip David Maclean and Labour whip Fraser Kemp.

Former Opposition Chief Whip David Maclean spoke out against the agenda during Wednesday's meeting of the 1922 Committee; a meeting attended by the Tory leader.

A private members» bill by the former Tory chief whip David Maclean which would have exempted MPs from freedom of information enquiries has been blocked by a collection of MPs from all parties.

But, and here Helen Jones could do with some wider perspective, the Whips are crucial when there is a leadership crisis - the Conservative Chief Whip David Margesson in May 1940 and the Conservative Chief Whip David Maclean in the IDS leadership crisis in 2003.

Not exact matches

Thorpe's successor David Steel later said that Cyril was not an ideal chief whip, because he did not handle a crisis well and «had the tendency to say anything to a news camera».

The Tory chief whip offered David Cameron his resignation after his lack of support in the Conservative party made his position untenable.

West Derbyshire MP Patrick McLoughlin has been appointed as the new chief whip, replacing David Maclean, while Oliver Letwin has been named director of policy and Lord Strathclyde holds his post as Conservative leader in the House of Lords.

Liberal Democrat chief whip Alistair Carmichael, who represents the Orkneys and Shetlands, was second with # 82,878 while Conservative MP David Morris, representing Morecambe and Lunesdale, was third.

David Cameron has had three Chief Whips.

In a clip for broadcasters, David Cameron denied claims that Michael Gove was being demoted and insisted that being chief whip was a job for one of his «great political brains».

In his resignation letter to David Cameron, Strathclyde said the time was right to leave, having recently clocked up 15 years as leader of the Tories in the Lords, and 25 years on the party's frontbench, having previously served as a whip, chief whip and minister.

The post of chairman of the parliamentary party was filled by the former junior minister David Renton, the MP for Huntingdon since 1945, with veteran National Liberal Herbert Butcher (who sat for the seat of Holland with Boston) remaining their chief whip.

He was selected for the safe Conservative seat of North West Hampshire prior to the 1997 general election to replace the retiring MP Sir David Mitchell (the father of Andrew Mitchell whom Young would, in 2012, succeed as Chief Whip).

A final fact: David Cameron has had three government Chief Whips in the Common.

The full extent of a potential Tory rebellion is starting to become a little clearer, with figures such as Andrew Mitchell, former chief whip, Damian Green, former Home Office minister, and David Davies, former shadow home secretary, potentially joining confirmed rebels such as former attorney general Dominic Grieve and former justice secretary Ken Clarke.

Gordon Brown (prime minister) Jack Straw (justice secretary) Alistair Darling (chancellor) Hilary Benn (environment secretary) Harriet Harman (leader of the Commons) David Miliband (foreign secretary) Douglas Alexander (transport secretary) Lord Mandelson (business secretary and first secretary of state) Alan Johnson (home secretary) John Denham (communities secretary) Shaun Woodward (Northern Ireland secretary) Baroness Royall (leader of the Lords) Jim Murphy (Scotland secretary) Peter Hain (Wales secretary) Michael Wills (justice minister) Nick Brown (Commons chief whip) Lord Bassam (Lords chief whip)

David Waddington was home secretary and chief whip in Thatcher's government, and regarded as a safe pair of hands.

A Tory backbencher who has formally asked for a no confidence vote in David Cameron is being hauled before the chief whip.

[7] This was the second time David Cameron had attacked her during Prime minister's questions; on his debut as Leader of the Opposition on 7 December 2005 she was singled out by Cameron when he said «That's the problem with these exchanges — the chief whip on the Labour side shouting like a child.

Afterwards Conservative leader David Cameron mocked Armstrong during an exchange with Tony Blair, saying «She must be the first Chief Whip in history to put the Prime Minister in the frame for losing a key vote — which is an interesting career move, to say the least.»

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His successor the former Conservative Chief Whip and junior minister, David Maclean sat as MP from 1983 to 2010 when he stood down due to the state of his health; he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1996.

Disquiet about the group is such that the Conservative's chief whip, David Maclean, recently told its chairman, former Tory MP Patrick Nicholls, to rein in its activities, Guardian Unlimited has learned.

Whips Office (Commons) Rosie Winterton (Chief Whip) Alan Campbell (Deputy Chief Whip) Tony Cunningham (Pairing Whip) Lyn Brown Mark Tami David Wright Stephen Pound David Hamilton Dave Anderson Angela C Smith Phil Wilson Lillian Greenwood Jonathan Reynolds Graham Jones

Last Thursday neighbouring MP David Maclean - former Tory Chief Whip - visited Richard Bell at his workplace and warned him that he could resign now or face a bitter and almost - certain - to - be-successful (in Maclean's view) deselection effort from January.

Until or unless his name is cleared, therefore, he is in no position to make a Cabinet comeback - assuming that David Cameron would want this to happen - let alone resume his former post as Chief Whip under this Government.

In what must surely be seen as a significant demotion, secretary of state for education, Michael Gove, has been moved to become chief whip in David Cameron's cabinet reshuffle.

However, had David Cameron read any history — and given that he thinks America fought with us in the Battle of Britain, he probably hasn't — he would remember the outcome of the pact between Ramsay MacDonald, then secretary of the Labour Representation Committee, and Herbert Gladstone, the Liberal chief whip, in 1903 to allow some Labour candidates a clear run at the 1906 election, in return for Labour not fighting seats where the Liberals could beat the Tories.

«IDS, Gove and Eric Pickles top Cabinet league table; Chief Whip and Clarke plunge into negative territory Main David Cameron equal to Ed Miliband's economic attacks at PMQs»

David Davis, his rival when he went for the leadership, added to the row over Andrew Mitchell last night when he told House magazine the Tory chief whip would find it «very, very hard» to control the Tory party in his new role.

The Cabinet appointees are: • Nick Clegg (Lib Dem): deputy prime minister • George Osborne (Cons): chancellor of the exchequer • William Hague (Cons): foreign secretary • Theresa May (Cons): home secretary, minister for women • Liam Fox (Cons): defence secretary • Kenneth Clarke (Cons): lord chancellor, justice secretary • Andrew Lansley (Cons): health secretary • Vince Cable (Lib Dem): business secretary • Chris Huhne (Lib Dem): energy and climate change • Michael Gove (Cons): schools secretary • Patrick McLoughlin (Cons): chief whip • David Laws (Lib Dem): chief secretary to the Treasury • Michael Gove (Cons): education secretary • Philip Hammond (Cons): transport secretary • Danny Alexander (Lib Dem): Scottish secretary • Eric Pickles (Cons): communities secretary • Owen Paterson (Cons): Northern Ireland secretary • Iain Duncan Smith (Cons): work and pensions secretary • Jeremy Hunt (Cons): culture, Olympics, media and sport • Cheryl Gillan (Cons): Welsh secretary • International Development Secretary (Cons): Andrew Mitchell • Leader of the House of Lords (Cons): Lord Strathclyde • Minister without Portfolio (Cons): Baroness Warsi

David Maclean - who stood down as chief whip after Iain Duncan Smith was ousted - has been reappointed.

It is not up to David Cameron to tell Conservative MEPs how to vote - it is up to the leader of the delegation (currently Giles Chichester) together with his Chief Whip to determine how the group votes.

He was moved from education after four years to become Chief Whip, a role - to maintain discipline and ensure the government gets its business through Parliament - which has a lower public profile, but which is based in Downing Street and according to David Cameron at the time is «one of the most important jobs» in government.