Despite a three-line whip, only 133 Tory MPs actually voted with the Government. Several members of the Cabinet did not vote.
We are not a party within a party. We simply want to remind our fellow citizens that there are Conservative MPs who want to heal, not perpetuate, divisions.
The Grantham and Stamford MP leaves the Conservative benches, to a cry of “Nick, don’t go” from one of his colleagues.
Those who voted in favour included Clarke, Herbert and Mitchell. Those against, Hollinrake, Lee and Norman.
Those who voted in favour included Boles, Collins and Morgan. Those against, Atkins, Buckland and Green.
Those who voted in favour included two Foreign Office Ministers, Alan Duncan and Mark Field.
The Letwin plan has not exactly delivered the promised clarity. Instead, the Commons has again said what it does not want.
Gove and Davis followed the Prime Minister, but they were heavily outnumbered in the Parliamentary Conservative Party. The Chief Whip abstained.
Philip Davies, a famously long-standing and committed Brexiteer, is among their number.
The Attorney General did not vote on the proposal, but also told assembled members he was “happy to commend it to his colleagues”.
A patronising media investigation highlights a deeply warped perspective on what gender equality really means.
Three meetings with the ’22 each year, with no questions allowed, are simply not sufficient. Even Corbyn engages more than this.