Sentences with phrase «backbench dissent»

Backbench dissent in Labour's third Blair term, Philip Cowley and Mark Stuart Related Links FactCheck: Do the Scots subsidise the English?

Of the 15 new bills announced yesterday, I'd be surprised if at least 13 don't see some backbench dissent.

It noted that «Labour MPs dissent more often than Conservatives; they dissent in great numbers than Conservatives; and they dissent on more issues than Conservatives» — and concluded that «judging from their current voting behaviour, there is the real possibility that any future Labour Government will face significant backbench dissent».

The political scientist Philip Cowley has tracked levels of backbench dissent since the 1950s.

Not exact matches

After Northern Ireland secretary Owen Paterson made clear he would not support gay marriage - adding his dissent to indications of opposition from defence secretary Philip Hammond and children's minister Tim Loughton - Downing Street accepted the free vote would apply to members of the government as well as backbench MPs.

The Conservatives would have been able to pass these policies had it not been for dissent on their own backbenches.