Sentences with phrase «against conservative mp»

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A number of Conservative MPs have already revolted against Osborne's proposed Brexit spending cuts, with at least 65 signing a letter saying they would not back such a move, calling them a «punishment.»

The six - month combat mission against the Islamic State expires by late March and Kenny, who was appointed this week to the portfolio, says the Conservative government hasn't made up its mind whether to extend it, ask Parliament for a different mandate, or even if an extension would be put before MPs.

One hundred and thirty six Tory MPs opposed the bill against 123 in favour, meaning a majority of the Conservative party voted against the legislation.

Proposals for the construction of the # 42 billion HS2 project, which a small number of Conservative MPs are set to vote against later today, have also cost the Tories rural votes.

However, most Conservatives have historically voted in support of hunting, while a smaller majority of Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs have voted against it.

66 Labour MPs voted against Maastricht, including, in Bryan Gould, the only resignation from either front bench in order to do so, and outnumbering Conservative opponents by three to one.

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

Last year, Corbyn's support soared after caretaker leader Harriet Harman instructed Labour MPs to abstain from voting against the Conservative's welfare bill at the second reading.

Leading the campaign against will be a small number of cabinet ministers, UKIP, a fair number of Conservative MPs and few Labour ones.

The party's current success comes against a backdrop of winning only 6 MPs in 2010, having as little popularity as the widely - loathed Scottish Conservatives as recently as 2013 and, in September of last year, leading a losing referendum campaign that forced a change in party leadership.

I know that there are many ministers and Conservative MPs who want to speak out and vote against this ill - thought - out and inadvisable measure.

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.

Naughty rebels of the week: The three Conservative MPs who voted with Labour against sale of forestry lands.

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

7.45 pm Update: We have our first real rebel estimate - the number of those Conservative MPs who voted against the programme motion.

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.

Nicholas Watt of the Guardian is tweeting Labour sources as saying that more Conservative MPs have voted against the Prime Minister than with him.

Oakeshott warned that 39 out of the Liberal Democrats» 57 MPs had held their seats against Conservative opponents only with the help of significant numbers of Labour voters.

But unless Conservative MPs turned out en masse to vote against the Party's right - an unlikely course of action, given the»22 Executive results - Liberal and Labour support for less spiky candidates provides the only comprehensible explanation of the results.

Fourteen Conservative MPs voted against David Cameron's proposals on press regulation earlier this evening - or, rather, against the amendments to the Crime and Courts Bill which set out proposals for exemplary damages in relation to newspapers and websites that refuse to be regulated by the new regulator.

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.

12.05 - Corbyn brings his speech to a close with further complaints about heckling from Conservative MPs and a rather stumbling conclusion against the intervention.

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.

Before last night Europe accounted for just 5 % of the Conservative rebellions so far this Parliament but 35 % of all the rebellious votes that had been cast by Conservative MPs — with European rebellions more than double the size of the other revolts against the whip.

Size: Some 53 Conservative MPs, including tellers, voted against their whip.

78 % say «David Cameron underestimated the strength of feeling among Conservative MPs and members against gay marriage».

Heseltine was one of a group of 15 Conservative MPs to vote against the 1968 Commonwealth Immigration Bill on second reading (Conservative whips advised their MPs to support it, but it was a free vote).

In the summer of 1974 Heseltine put together a team of over 20 Conservative MPs, each a specialist in a particular industry, to campaign against Benn's plans.

Three days later, Heseltine was one of around two dozen Conservative MPs who defied the whip to abstain rather than vote against the second reading of the 1968 Race Relations Bill (which banned racial discrimination).

They say that the bill «threatens to pile a constitutional crisis on top of an economic crisis» and that they hope other Conservative MPs will support them «in giving this bill the full and unrestricted scrutiny it deserves» (ie, voting against the timetable motion).

But those dastardly Conservatives had betrayed him, so now he was going to instruct his MPs to vote against a policy he had been vigorously defending in the Commons for two and a half years.

With Conservative MPs pressuring Miliband over his inability to gain the upper hand against the unions, observers are noting the issue is unlikely to go away quickly.

19:24 - The initial predictions are that there were around 150 Conservative MPs voting against the legislation, which is roughly half the parliamentary party.

Michael Fallon has met around 75 MPs as the Conservatives push for British military strikes against...

The Tories may do well in the south of England, where they're fighting marginal seats against the Liberal Democrats — fleeing Lib Dem voters will go to Labour, which should translate into safer Tory seats — but it's in the north of England and the East Midlands where there are many Conservative MPs hanging onto their seats against Labour challengers.

Adam [Afriyie], like a lot of Conservative MPs, was quite firmly against the coalition, felt it was not in the national interest or in the interest of the party.

There are fresh reports that senior Conservative MPs are conspiring in the machinations against Dominic Cummings, the former special adviser to Michael Gove who heads up Vote Leave.

Michael Fallon has met around 75 MPs as the Conservatives push for British military strikes against jihadi targets in Syria.

As one, Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs bellowed their verdict against Miliband.

Foreign secretary William Hague had appealed to Conservative MPs in an evening meeting of the 1922 Committee to vote against the amendment.

«Building a Conservative Majority (19): A researched campaign against Ed Miliband's politics Main Building a Conservative Majority (20): Make more use of MPs»

But the power - sharing deal showed signs of strain, as some of Mr Cameron's own Conservative backbench MPs joined the opposition building against the change.

But the absence of Conservative MPs at the final vote forced two Labour MPs into the strange scenario of having to act as tellers for the «no» vote against their own motion in order for the vote to be able to go ahead at all.

Blair's call for voters to consider backing Conservatives or Lib Dems to maximise MPs willing to vote against «hard Brexit» seen as unhelpful by party figures

Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs opted not to oppose the motion — a tactical decision so that they would not be seen to vote against disabled people.

... Thus far, 89 Coalition MPs have so far broken ranks against the Government; 67 of them Conservatives, together with 22 Liberal Democrats.

Some 47 Labour MPs marched into the No lobby against Ms Harman's demand to abstain on the main second reading vote, which the Conservatives won 308 to 124, majority 184.

But the proposal came up against hostility from Conservative backbenchers and Labour MPs.

The Labour leader candidate took to Facebook to outline his reasons for his actions after nearly 50 of his party's MPs defied interim leader Harriet Harman and voted against the Conservative's Welfare Reform Bill.