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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Andrew Sparrow

Who were the standards bill rebels?

For the record, here's a list of the 25 Labour MPs who voted against the government on the parliamentary standards bill last night. It was a significant rebellion because it included two former cabinet ministers, John Reid and Margaret Beckett. Reid was voting against the Labour whip for the first time.

Paul Flynn (a serial rebel) has an account of how the revolt happened on his blog. He says that it was "unplanned" and he suggests that Andrew Dismore, the chairman of the joint committee on human rights, was a key figure in persuading colleagues not to support the government. The government lost the division by three votes.
According to the Press Association, the rebels were:

Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington)

John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead)

Margaret Beckett (Derby South)

David Borrow (Ribble South)

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North)

Andrew Dismore (Hendon)

Jim Dowd (Lewisham West)

David Drew (Stroud)

Mark Fisher (Stoke-on-Trent Central)

Paul Flynn (Newport West)

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North)

Lynne Jones (Birmingham Selly Oak)

Andy Love (Edmonton)

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough)

Alan Meale (Mansfield)

Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West)

Greg Pope (Hyndburn)

Gordon Prentice (Pendle)

John Reid (Airdrie & Shotts)

Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall)

Alan Simpson (Nottingham South)

Gisela Stuart (Birmingham Edgbaston)

David Taylor (Leicestershire North West)

Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green)

Mike Wood (Batley & Spen)

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