Sentences with phrase «voted against the government whip»

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.

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He says he last voted against his party on a three - line whip in the 1970s - and when he did so, two years later Margaret Thatcher appointed him to her government.

The biggest rebellion suffered by the coalition government so far against the whip was 82 (81 Tory, one Liberal Democrat) in October 2011's EU referendum vote

Writing for The Guardian, Smith added: «In those circumstances, I do not feel I would have any choice but to vote against the government and, if needs be, the Labour whip.

Though normally voting with the Labour Whip, Thornberry voted against her party's government on national security matters, regarding the detention of terror suspects without charge for 90 days in the Terrorism Act 2006, on the same matter for 42 days in the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008, and against the renewal of Trident.

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.

The chief whip in the Lords asked Lord Heseltine to stand down because he voted against the government's official position, it said, adding: «The government would like to warmly thank Lord Heseltine for his service.»

The government then suffered its biggest Tory rebellion to date, in which one ministerial aide was sacked and one resigned as they joined colleagues to defy a three - line whip to vote against the second reading of the Lords reform bill.

The Times» Oliver Wright has posted on Twitter a copy of a letter from Lord Heseltine to Theresa May following his dismissal as a government adviser for voting against the Tory whip on an amendment to the article 50 bill in the Lords.

They are::: The revelation in November 2007 that Home Secretary Jacqui Smith was aware the Security Industry Authority had granted licences to 5,000 illegal workers but did not think the Home Office's official explanation was «good enough» for the press office or ministers to use;:: The fact that an illegal immigrant had been employed as a cleaner in the House of Commons, which emerged in February this year;:: A whips» list of potential Labour rebels who might vote against the Government over plans to increase the pre-charge terror detention limit to 42 days in a crucial Commons vote;:: A letter from Ms Smith to Prime Minister Gordon Brown warning that the recession could lead to a rise in violent crime and burglaries.

Analysis of yesterday's vote by the Liberal Democrat whips» office shows over 20 Labour MPs failed to vote against the government, allowing it to win by 294 votes to 276.

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.

However, the amendment was defeated by 311 - 76 after Labour MPs were whipped to vote with the Government against it.

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.

To the apoplexy of the whips, he was for a time the only person appointed to government who voted against the Iraq War.