Sentences with phrase «dup mp»

But DUP MPs have notoriously poor attendance records and at least one senior Lib Dem MP believes the party could hold the «balance of power» for votes on areas of mutual interest, such as housebuilding.

There are more Tories and DUP MPs than there are all the others, so even if Labour convince the other parties to back them, it won't pass.

Conservative MPs and members of the public gallery then stood up applaud, along with a few Liberal Democrat, SNP and DUP MPs.

So we are faced with a Tory minority government which will rely on ten DUP MPs to secure a tiny overall majority in the House of Commons.

Last night's meeting of local party members voted 108 - 84 against a motion which pointed out the demonstration was also attended by some Conservative and DUP MPs, as well as Tory peer Norman Tebbit.

DUP MPs have previously set out their concerns about the two - child limit by signing up to an early day motion calling on the government to have the policy annulled.

The Donaldson brothers and DUP MPs Ian Paisley Junior and Emma Little Pengelly, who was a special adviser to the DUP's then - first minister Peter Robinson, set up another company to give peace - building advice to overseas governments and organisations.

Of course she's perfectly within her rights to do so as a May government, with those 10 DUP MPs voting with them, commands a working majority the same as they had before parliament was dissolved.

Labour and Lib Dem MPs were mostly for it, leaving a motley rabble of Tory and DUP MPs to speak weird nonsense about what constitutes «complete» sex.

Cameron refused to rule out a coalition with DUP MPs but said he «profoundly disagreed» with the DUP's policy on gay rights and would «never validate» it.

High - April 19th: Manifesto launch - The DUP calls on voters to return ten DUP MPs to Westminster as it launches its manifesto.

Theresa May is trying to persuade the 10 DUP MPs to enter into a formal coalition agreement with the Tories, as opposed to a less formal «confidence and supply» arrangement, ministers tell me.

In often heated exchanges and interruptions by two DUP MPs — Ian Paisley Jnr and Sammy Wilson — who were attending the committee debate but were not eligible to vote, both accused Labour of remaining fixated on the result of the referendum and on failures to address the «millions» Sinn Fein received in foreign donations.

Not exact matches

Without either the SNP or the Lib Dems, Miliband's chances of a majority (alone or with the DUP or with the other left - wing MPs) are just 1 %.

That's before you consider Labour MPs with half an eye on the next government and the DUP propping the current one up... It is hard to predict how long this precarious political situation might last and what could come next, but time is ticking away.

The Greens and Sinn Fein are furthest to the left; the SNP and Plaid Cymru occupy the same position to the left of Labour; the SDLP adopts the same position as Labour (its MPs informally take the Labour whip in the House of Commons); the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland adopts the same position as its sister party, the Liberal Democrats; the Conservatives are on the centre - right, followed by the DUP and the independent Unionist MP, with UKIP furthest right.

The vote showed that, with full Conservative and DUP support, coupled with that of a few MPs from other parties, a future majority for an EU referendum could depend on just a handful of Labour MPs - many fewer than are known to support an EU referendum.

It faces a hardcore group of pro-Brexit MPs on the right of the parliamentary party, alongside the crazed old - testament hard Brexit supporting DUP.

MPs are currently asking questions on Northern Ireland, somewhat pertinent since Sinn Fein and the DUP finally agreed to work together again yesterday.

Scots and Welsh MPs are demanding full details of the government's deal with the DUP in case it means they are missing out on millions of pounds of cash.

However government sources have insisted that the «confidence and supply» set up that will see the DUP's 10 MPs vote with the government on financial bills and back Theresa May in any vote of no confidence is a special situation so the Barnett formula won't apply.

The government clung to power only by negotiating a «confidence and supply» agreement with the 10 MPs from the Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), at a reputed minimum cost of a # 1bn «bung» for public spending there.

Apart from the DUP, almost every other party in the Commons voted against the government, including six SNP MPs and three Plaid Cymru MPs.

High - March 25th: MP commitment boosted - The DUP's presence in Westminster was given a boost after it was announced any Assembly members who become MPs at the election will step down from Stormont.

The government won last night on the basis of nine votes from DUP members, with 36 Labour MPs rebelling.

Some pro-choice MPs are saying this was the deal struck between the prime minister and the DUP when they helped him get 42 - day detention through.

MPs are calling on Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire to use his powers to reveal the names of the secret donors who gave the DUP # 435,000 to campaign for Brexit, openDemocracy can reveal today.

The Bill was given a Second Reading by 321 votes to 235, with all Tories and Lib Dems in the lobbies voting in favour; it was opposed by Labour and MPs from the DUP, SDLP, Plaid Cymru and the Green Party.

Joined by 18 fellow Labour MPs, the shadow chancellor voted with 283 Conservatives, eight DUP and two independents to defeat an amendment to the Taxation Bill pushed by Labour MP Ian Murray.

Today's bid was signed by 11 Tory MPs, Labour work and pensions committee chairman Frank Field and members from the Lib Dems, Greens, Plaid Cymru, Ukip, DUP and SDLP.