In reality, the rebellion from Labour over the welfare the cap was was much higher than just the 13 MPs who defied Ed’s whip. Taking out the Deputy Speakers, a further 37 Labour MPs abstained in the vote yesterday. Taking the total number of Labour MPs not backing the welfare cap to 50.

The list is peppered with hard lefties, yet notable abstentions include Tristram Hunt and Liam Byrne, who has talked the tough welfare game in the past:

1. Abrahams, Debbie
2. Anderson, Dave
3. Barron, Kevin
4. Bayley, Hugh
5. Byrne, Liam
6. Cryer, John
7. Cunningham, Tony
8. Donohoe, Brian
9. Glass, Pat
10. Godsiff, Roger
11. Greenwood, Lilian
12. Hamilton, Fabian
13. Heyes, David
14. Hunt, Tristram
15. Kaufman, Gerald
16. Lavery, Ian
17. Mahmood, Khalid
18. Mccann, Michael
19. Mcgovern, Alison
20. Mcgovern, Jim
21. Meacher, Michael
22. Meale, Alan
23. Mearns, Ian
24. Mitchell, Austin
25. Morris, Grahame
26. O’Donnell, Fiona
27. Owen, Albert
28. Pearce, Teresa
29. Phillipson, Bridget
30. Seabeck, Alison
31. Sheridan, Jim
32. Spellar, John
33. Thomas, Gareth R
34. Vaz, Keith
35. Williamson, Chris
36. Winnick, David

The member of for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath was also absent.