These are the 37 Tory rebels who handed David Cameron his first defeat of the new parliament late last night. Two non-careerists from the new intake join the usual awkward squad: Farage conquerer Craig MacKinlay and Corby’s Tom Pursglove.
Adam Afriyie
Richard Bacon
Steve Baker
Guto Bebb
Peter Bone
Graham Brady
Andrew Bridgen
Bill Cash
Christopher Chope
Geoffrey Cox
Philip Davies
David Davis
Nadine Dories
Liam Fox
Cheryl Gillan
James Gray
Philip Hollobone
Adam Holloway
Gerald Howarth
Stewart Jackson
Bernard Jenkin
David Jones
Edward Leigh
Julian Lewis
Tim Loughton
Karl McCartney
Craig MacKinlay
Stephen McPartland
Anne Main
David Nuttall
Owen Paterson
Andrew Percy
Tom Pursglove
John Redwood
Laurence Robertson
Andrew Rosindell
Andrew Turner
Purdah now fully restored to EU REFERENDUM BILL. This is a victory for a fair referendum.
— Bernard Jenkin (@bernardjenkin) September 7, 2015
EU Referendum will decide the future of the UK. Delighted that measured Commons debate has restored purdah.
— Owen Paterson MP (@Owen_PatersonMP) September 7, 2015
Foolish of ministers to try to drop agreed rules on referendums. Congratulations and thanks to MPs on all sides who voted to uphold the law.
— Daniel Hannan (@DanielJHannan) September 7, 2015
The attempt to ditch purdah was a major error, as was the follow-up attempt to fudge it. Govt totally misjudged it, twice.
— Mark Wallace (@wallaceme) September 7, 2015
Govt tried to pull a fast one. Have rightly lost vote tonight. Purdah key to keep referendum fair and legitimate
— Robert Oxley (@roxley) September 7, 2015
Hard to argue the bloody nose wasn’t deserved…
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