Sentences with phrase «conservatives voted against the government»

The problem is not so much that a number of Conservatives voted against the government - in fact, rebel Tory votes tipped the balance only once, in the unusual circumstances of the multiple rebellion on the European Economic Area amendment - or even that rather more Conservative peers didn't vote at all, because the government whips managed to bring in more than usual.

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At a vote to extend the previous bailout package in February, a record number of dissenters from the chancellor's conservative camp showed growing impatience with the anti-austerity government in Athens, with 29 voting against it.

Either it means that other members of his party — the finance minister, who is against the referendum — will come in and not hold a referendum at all, and try to keep Greece on the austerity plan, or there will be a fall in the government, a no - confidence vote, and people will presumably vote for the Conservative Party, which is very much like the Republican Party in the United States.

Includes an examination of a possible vote of non-confidence against the Conservative minority government; a request to the Governor General to allow a Liberal - New Democratic coalition to form a new government; and the immediate tasks facing a possible coalition government once in power.

It is against this background of public moral struggle that the people of Israel prepare to vote on July 23 for their next government, in an election that pits the conservative Likud Party of Menachem Begin and current Prime Minister Yitzak Shamir against the Labor Party headed by two - time loser Shimon Peres.

London's former mayor, Boris Johnson, a Conservative figure, is advocating Vote Leave, going against the party leadership and the government.

It sets up the extraordinary prospect of around 100 Conservative MPs voting against their own government's Queen's Speech this week.

Heseltine was one of 13 Conservative peers to vote against the Government on whether Parliament should have a «meaningful» say on the final terms of Brexit, including if the prime minister chooses to withdraw from negotiations without a deal.

Theresa May is expected to approve the creation of about 10 Conservative peers and at least one for the Democratic Unionist party, perhaps as early as Friday, in an attempt to improve her position in the House of Lords, which has voted 15 times against her government over Brexit.

His unsuccessful bid in 2014 to strengthen significantly the Government's recall proposals won the support of almost half of Conservative MPs in a free vote but fell well short of getting through thanks to a strong Labour turnout against his amendment.

IF, and it's a big IF, there were to be a hung Parliament next time around, far better that the LibDems (and I guess this applies to the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Dr. Dick Taylor too) act as kingmakers by voting for or against the government, whether it be Labour or Conservative, * on the merits of each individual piece of legislation * than propping up some of the most loathsome, reactionary policies this side of the self - styled moral crusaders from the ear of High Thatcherism.

Last night, 48 Labour MPs defied interim leader Harriet Harman's call to abstain on the Conservatives» welfare plans and voted against the Government.

It could mean the collapse of the government if Cameron loses a vote of no confidence, leading to an election which Labour would probably win against a leaderless conservative party.

Labour MPs told the Guardian they were prepared to vote against the government even if it meant sacrificing the partial recovery Labour has been enjoying against the Conservatives.

The best estimates are that there will only be a handful of Conservative MPs willing to vote against the government's position while there will be significantly more Labour MPs willing to defy Jeremy Corbyn's position and vote for action in Syria.

In an article in the Evening Standard defending her decision to vote against the government last night, the Conservative former education secretary Nicky Morgan says the government should drop the amendment to the EU withdrawal bill fixing 29 March 2019 as Brexit day before it gets debated next week.

The impact of this was also clearly demonstrated the last time the Conservatives were in government: even though the newer cohorts of Conservative MPs were then the most Eurosceptic in their attitudes, they were also the least likely to vote against the Maastricht Bill.

Conservative MEPs have always voted against the discharge (sign - off) of EU accounts and I am happy to see the Dutch government is finally following our lead.

Norman Lamb said the Liberal Democrats had learned an «extremely painful lesson» from raising tuition fees to # 9,000 while in coalition government with the Conservatives, despite ex-leader Nick Clegg's pledge to vote against any increase.

Meanwhile Conservative backbenchers informally led by former Welsh secretary Cheryl Gillan will vote against the government.

Votes in which Conservative and Liberal Democrat rebels unite in common cause against the Government account for only one in five of the rebellions.»

Given that there are more than 300 Tory MPs he calculates that AT LEAST 80 Conservatives were unavailable, abstained or voted against the government.

Less than a quarter of the Labour MPs that signed up to an early day motion expressing concern at the government's plans to reduce funding for equivalent or lower qualification (ELQ) degrees voted against the government in a Conservative - led motion last night.

The Conservatives have accused Labour backbenchers of «hypocrisy» for failing to vote against government cuts for second degrees.

He has been a long - time critic of the UK's policy on Afghanistan, and was the only Conservative to vote against his government when Afghanistan was first voted upon in 2010

The Conservatives voted against the bill after shadow home secretary David Davis criticised it as a step towards more centralised government control.

During the Coalition's first seven months, dozens of Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs — including many elected for the first time in May — have repeatedly defied House of Commons whips to vote against the Government.

During the passage of the legislation in the Commons, six Lib Dem MPs voted against the Conservative - Lib Dem coalition government.

On 13 March 1924, the Labour government was defeated for the first time in the Commons, although the Conservatives decided to vote with Labour later that day against the Liberals.

Conservative MPs will be whipped to vote against Labour's Commons motion demanding the release of cabinet documents relating to the government's two proposed options for post-Brexit customs arrangements, the Press Association reports.

Earlier this year, this vote, long - expected, was mooted to mark substantial number of Conservative MPs voting against the Government.

«Lib Dems defeating Tories» is, therefore a curious situation; a situation made all the more curious when Lib Dem MPs (in government) join forces with Labour MPs (in opposition) to «defeat» Conservatives (in government) who on the whole voted against the amendment.

But the Commons still voted 326 to 293 to approve the government's plan without amendment, with just seven Conservative rebels voting against their party and a few more abstaining.

During the House of Commons vote in October 2011 on a backbench motion for a bill to be introduced in the next parliamentary session to enable a referendum to be held on Britain's continued membership of the European Union, Mosley was one of 81 Conservative MPs who voted against the Government Whip to support a referendum.