Full list of MPs who voted against the government backed amendment on Mark Reckless’ motion
Posted: May 24th, 2011 | Author: The People's Pledge Team | Filed under: Parliament, The People's Pledge Blog | Tags: Mark Reckless | 34 Comments »
Below is a list of those MPs who voted against the government backed ammendment that dilutes Mark Reckless’ motion. Labour Whips ordered their MPs to abstain but a significant number of those defied their whip. Check to see if your MP was one of those taking a stand.
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MP’s who voted against the Government-backed Amendment
Steve Baker – Conservative, Wycombe
Hugh Bayley – Labour, York Central
Andrew Bingham – Conservative, High Peak
Peter Bone - Wellingborough
Ronnie Campbell – Labour, Blyth Valley
Douglas Carswell – Conservative, Clacton
William Cash – Conservative, Stone
James Clappison – Conservative, Hertsmere
Rosie Cooper – Labour, West Lancashire
John Cryer – Labour, Leyton and Wanstead
Ian Davidson – Labour, Glasgow South West
Geraint Davies – Labour, Swansea West
Philip Davies – Conservative, Shipley
Rt. Hon. David Davis – Conservative, Haltemprice and Howden
Nick De Bois - Enfield North
Rt. Hon. Jeffrey Donaldson – DUP, Lagan Valley
Richard Drax – Conservative, South Dorset
Barry Gardiner – Labour, Brent North
Zac Goldsmith – Conservative, Richmond
James Gray – Conservative, North Wiltshire
Tom Harris – Labour, Glasgow South
Gordon Henderson – Conservative, Sittingbourne and Sheppey
Kate Hoey – Labour, Vauxhall
Philip Hollobone – Conservative, Kettering
Kelvin Hopkins – Labour, Luton North
Bernard Jenkin – Conservative, Harwich and North Essex
Edward Leigh – Conservative, Gainsborough
Anne Maine - Conservative, St Albans
Jason McCartney – Conservative, Colne Valley
Karl McCartney – Conservative, Lincoln
John McDonnell – Labour, Hayes and Harlington
Austin Mitchell – Labour, Great Grimsby
David Nuttall – Conservative, Bury North
Andrew Percy – Conservative, Brigg and Goole
Mark Reckless – Conservative, Rochester and Strood
Rt. Hon. John Redwood – Conservative, Wokingham
Jacob Rees-Mogg – Conservative, North East Somerset
Jim Shannon – DUP, Strangford
Jim Sheridan - Labour
David Simpson – DUP, Upper Bann
Dennis Skinner – Labour, Bolsover
Bob Stewart – Conservative, Beckenham
Graham Stringer – Labour, Blackley and Broughton
Justin Tomlinson – Conservative, North Swindon
Andrew Turner – Conservative, Isle of Wight
Martin Vickers – Conservative, Cleethorpes
Charles Walker – Conservative, Broxbourne
Dr. Sarah Wollaston – Conservative, Totnes
This is the text of an e mail I just sent to my MP, Wayne David (Caerphilly):
“Dear Mr David,
“I am disappointed to note that in today’s motion requiring the government to refuse to contribute to further bailouts under the EFSM, Labour abstained. I assume you also did so in line with this.
“These bailouts are illegal. They are specifically forbidden under the terms of the Lisbon Treaty, and are being excused under a clause relating to natural disasters. The bankruptcies of the Eurozone are anything but natural, and, indeed, have been widely predicted for many years.
“Nonetheless, the government has contributed far more than it has economised with all its cuts. It has been calculated that the total value of these bailouts amounts to £500 per household.
It takes me a long time to earn £500, Mr David. Unlike Mr Cameron and his clique, I am not a rich man, and there are many things I could do with £500. But it seems that Mr Cameron is not content, and is determined to confiscate hundreds more, perhaps even thousands more – he can give no indication how much money he will have to pour into this wretched mess that Europe has got itself into.
“We stayed out of the Euro specifically to avoid getting ourselves into this situation. Yet here we are, picking up the bill anyway. And it is all illegal. If a thief were to take hundreds of pounds from me to squander on things he had no right to, he would be rightly arrested. But when my money is misappropriated by members of the cabinet, no law will be enacted against them.
“However, what disappoints me about your conduct, Mr David, is that you know all this. You knew that hundreds of pounds are being taken from each and every one of your constituents and squandered in a way that is utterly, explicitly illegal – and today, Mr David, you did nothing to prevent that. You could have protected your constituents, but you chose to lift not a finger.”
Well done to all of you MPs who got up on your hind legs and voted against this despicable amendment. Hey, all of you lawyers out there! Is there no way that some form of Judicial Review can be sought on the illegality of the bale out? There are probably one or two miffed judges out there who might be glad to help.
47 out of over 600 MPs voted against the government. How many voted as told?. My MP, Dr Daniel Poulter, is such a thicko I think it likely he doesn’t even know what the significance of his voting is, he just does as he’s told. He was elected for local health issues and has never had a political interest otherwise. Like most people in East Anglia he has no idea what the EU is or what is happening elsewhere in the world. It is of the utmost urgency that those of us who do understand what is being done behind the backs of the British people make it known to them. The most effective way would be for truthful reporting throughout the media including the BBC, but a nevertheless very useful means of educating people is to tell them directly by leafletting door to door. Why have no leaflets been sent out yet? Do we have plenty of time,or is it that money is short?
Amazing letter, couldnt have put it better myself, the answer is, of courst, when the next local election arrives, dont vote for the traitorous MP’s.
the use of whips to sway a vote ,to me is dispicable and should be banned.. to tell a man who and what to vote for is a tactic best used in a banana republic
To all of those Labour MPs listed above who put their nation and its people above the whip of the Labour party, I thank you.
Although i cant say i speak for them, I am sure that millions of others will agree.
IT DOESN’T SAY ALOT FOR DAVES IDEA OF DEMOCRACY, WHEN HE HAS HIS ENFORCERS WITH, NO DOUBT,CLUBS, RUNNING ROUND TELLING MEMBERS HOW TO VOTE. THE MAFIA COULD LEARN A GREAT DEAL FROM THE MOTHER OF ALL PARLIAMENTS.IT MAKES ME SICK TO MY STOMACH.SURELY THERE MUST BE AT LEAST ONE LOYAL BARRISTER WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO REIN THESE TRAITORS IN.
I watched the debate on television yesterday and felt physically sick that my local MP, Stephen Williams, spoke so eloquently on the virtues of the EU. The man is a disgrace and has no right to call himself a representative of his constituents. As short a time as fifty years ago, he and others like him, would have been hounded out of Westminster and possibly tried for treason. It is a sad indictment of our times that such self serving people(I will say ‘people’ but only because I cannot, at the moment, think of a polite description of his ilk)can seek to destroy the sovereignty of a great nation for their own benefit.
I have just received a letter from my MP Damien Collins trying to explain why he did not support the motion held on Tuesday last.
Its pretty obvious that once these people get elected into office they do not carry out what the majority of their constituents require of them.
Its a pity so many of them are so blind as to what the majority of us require to try to save this once great country and not to keep throwing good money after bad.
This is comment for admin of this campaign.
Would it be possible to compile a list of all the MPs that voted in favour of the bailouts and the abstainers (the ones with no balls} together with their constituences. Then we could see who supported the Eu and vote against them at a general election.
For instance my constituancy has Mark Kendrick {Lab} Ben Wallace {Con} dont’t know who the Lib is. This way we would all know who to support, even if its some obscure party it would certainly shake things up if these people knew they were going to lose their seats.
They should vote how they want to they have no balls.
The problem is the way they’re elected. In 90 percent of constituencies, there is no realistic prospect of another party’s candidate being elected, so the MP has nothing much to fear from the voters.
On the other hand, if he irritates the party’s leadership too much, he might just end up being deselected, and another candidate being endorsed in his place. So he needs to do as he’s told if he hopes to make a career out of politics.
Selection by open primaries, where the electorate chooses the candidates, rather than the party leadership (this system is almost standard in the USA) would put the power back into the hands of the people. David Cameron did talk about this during his election campaign, and did even hold a couple of trial primary campaigns which showed encouraging results. But, as with so much else, he decided after the election that he’d do something completely different and hold a referendum on AV — something that wasn’t even discussed during the election campaign, and that nobody voted for.
Good idea.
Roy. I can give you the name and constituency of my MP, who votes with the other sheep,perhaps others will on this site, He is Simon Hart,Pembrokeshire and Carmathen, constituency office in Whitland, Carmarthenshire, and is a full blown Cameron Lackey.
In his first few months in office, made the Western mail, with a news snippet, that he had claimed on expenses,three times more than three other MPs in the Area,put together. So nothing learned.
However, made a great deal of David camerons cast iron Guarantee speech, when he was not and MP, merely prospective, and proudly sent me a copy of Camerons speech, when he was in Cardiff, to show me how that nice man had indeed promised this referendum, twice.
As far as thge rest of the flock, merely goes to show, just how unimportent we are, once we have elected them.Roll on UKIP.
Hear Hear Andrew, so how the hell do we rid ourselves of them.
Your letter should be sent to every newspaper in the country, and indeedto every MP, If I knew how to do it, I would definately send it to my one,not being computor clever, I have no idea.
However, I amy well, with yopur permission, use some of your text, to have a go at EU user friendly The Daily Mail. Might even try to get through the Welsh Skull of my MP,.Thought Wayne David was made of sterner stuff, but then, he is in parliament,like our one, Simin Hart, and we no longer matter untill the next election, EU Lisbon treaty permitting.
Andrew. Have you thought what Cameron may stand to gain out of this bottom licking of the EU and the EU Commissioners,perhaps, like Blair, he has been promised a Presidency, when the Lisbon treaty terms are activated,, and the EU then decides who runs the EU state of Britain, from the parliamentry buildings.
It is safe to assume that Blair dropped his referendum promise, after being assured of a life presidncy of Britain,unaware that Angela Merkel had decreed otherwise,has David Cameron, been promised a reward of a Presidency, when he has successfully ground us all into the dust,there has to be a very good reason for the scale of treachery being carried out by this man, and indeed his party. It is as well to remember, that whenthat treaty came to parliament,short stay that it had , ( obviously Barrosso did not ant it read to deeply,)not only did Gordon Brown read it, but so too did David Cameron, so, if indeed it is the plan to be carried out,then both these men, knew wehat then outcome will be, MPs picked by Brussels, and NO FURTHER ELECTIONS. ie in for life.Is that what is planned, we write our letters,other than us, who reads them, we complain to our MPs who ignore us, how do we penetrate that closed shop of our three parties. All gearec up to hand us over.
Andrew, Sorry about printing errors, must get a keyboard with letters printed on them , instead of the guesswork I am using.
Its all very well to say don’t vote for traitors, but you have to understand that means in most cases not voting at all. I have no choice where I live, one traitorous candidate is just as traitorous as any other.If we are successful in bringing a change in the electorate’s awareness of EU issues, many traitors will simply lie and then, once elected, obey their party leadership and vote to block a referendum.
This battle is not really a political battle, we cannot hope to politically convince the system to change itself. The batle is about education and information. That means taking the truth to the people. Although the People’s Pledge has made a very encouraging start to convince the media to raise the referendum issue,it remains biased and deceitful. We have therefore only direct leafleting to inform and educate. Once the majority come to understand what is being done in their name without their permission, they will begin to clamour, it will be like a January sale opening in Oxford street, local Radio will be reporting on the referendum furore every 20 minutes, Cameron and Clegg will be followed around a lot by media asking awkward questions, even the Guardian will be forced to make an acknowledgement . . . What’s happened to the leaflets we were promised ‘in the coming weeks’, People’s Pledge Team?
I have no time for Bob Crow and his other Union ilk but they do have the wherewithal and organising ability to produce large demonstrations. Perhaps Union leaders can be persuaded to organise demonstrations (and most importantly, advertise) in all major cities simultaneously to protest that all the misery of members that have lost their jobs has been to no avail because Cameron has already wasted the savings on bailing out failed Euro economies and that continued refusal to hold a referendum is making this Countries situation worse all of the time. Come on Union members, write to your General Secretary now and prevail upon him/her to force the Government to do their duty.
Feel free to copy whatever you want. That’s why I posted it.
I have been saying the same thing for a long while. The Trades Unions could be our great hope in forcing these dictators to heel. My MP,
Desmond Swayne [ Con New Forest] Camerons parliamentary secretary, has made it very plain on a number of occassions that he would not vote for for a referendum, as he is still bruised, from losing in his his vote for a referendum in 1975. I wonder why, have there been promises made?
Ialso read somewhere in one of these Posts, that in the future if the EU get there way, that it will be illigal to criticise the EU. DOES ANYONE KNOW THE TRUTH IN THIS?
This list is good, but it would have been helpful to have the full list of everyone who TOOK PART in the vote. I have no idea whether my MP was present at the vote or not, because there is no complete list.
Yes, a rare thing. Kate Hoey was excellent.
Whether or not your MP voted should by now be available to view on TheyWorkForYou.com
MR shakespeare I have copied your letter and sent it to my MP Andrew Slaughter, and would like to encorage others to do the same.
http://www.writetothem.com/
Re Tracy Pellegrine: I would have thought `QUISLINGS` would have been a more appropriate expression of opinon!!
Ok, so who voted for the amendment? I want to find out if my parliamentry rep did his job.
John, I’m quite certain of it. I think that was his plan all along, and he has only ever thought of the prime minister’s office as a stepping stone to that cushy Euro-number. It allows him to hob-nob with the heads of state who make these decisions, and exercise his charms on them.
Of course, there was no possibility of being elected unless he faked Euroscepticism. I’m convinced it was ony ever a front, and he never had the slightest intention of repatriating powers or holding a referendum. The LibDems gave him a convenient excuse, but even without the coalition, he’d just have found another excuse.
I’ve received Wayne David’s response. It reads:
“Dear Mr Shakespeare
“Thank you for your email of 24 May regarding the UK’s future contributions to ‘further bailouts’ under the EFSM.
“Yes, you are correct. As Labour’s spokesperson on European affairs I abstained on the vote in the House of Commons. The reason is very straightforward — I believe that it would have been against Britain’s national interest to crudely say to our European partners that it is wrong to contribute to any support for Euro zone countries irrespective of their national importance to the British economy. Ireland is the most notable example of where Britain’s national interest is to support this country. The UK has not only signed up to European loans to Ireland it has also given other support bi-laterally to Ireland. There is a huge amount of British trade with Ireland and if the Irish economy were allowed to ‘go under’ there would be a disastrous knock on effect on the United Kingdom, not least in Wales as we are just across the Irish sea. To look at the simple budgetary contributions totally ignores the reality of our economic relationship.
“I believe that there is a strong case for Britain to object to our European partners about paying additional contributions to other European countries. As Labour has made clear we believe that the Treaty change which is planned for 2013 should be brought forward so that the euro zone countries do not have resources from the UK for future bailouts. But the resolution before the House criticised all UK contributions as a matter of ‘principle’. This position we cannot support.
“On the point of legality. The European Union has every right to adopt whatever means are necessary, especially in the short term, to deal with unprecedented situations. It is important to remember that if Ireland, or indeed any other euro zone country, experiences extreme economic crises then Britain cannot insulate themselves [sic] from their problems. The international economy and especially the European economy are closely integrated. Like it or not but that is a reality.
“I thank you for writing.
“Yours sincerely,
Wayne David
MP for Caerphilly”
I don’t entirely accept this explanation. However, I will digest this and give it some thought before posting my response.
Jenny
I have at last received a letter from my MP Nicolas Soames West Sussex,who believes the EU benifits the UK as a whole. I am sending a copy of this letter to the Peoples Pledge.
I have received some leaflets delivered to 6 roads and 7 Closes. Please Please Please can I have more leaflets so that I can dliver to many more homes, many people are willing to deliver leaflets please send us them.
Well done for writing your MP, Jenny. I think its not true to say ‘he believes the EU benefits the UK as a whole’. Because I don’t think he does believe that, unless he’s so stupid as to require medical help. I think it would be more true to say ‘He SAYS he believes the EU benefits the UK as a whole.’ Only someone who seeks to lie and cheat could say a thing like that, its a kind of polite way of saying ‘Bog off, peasant, we can do as we please.’ I look forward to seeing the complete reply.
I think its marvellous that so many people are starting to stand up and tell their MPs what they want. However, these traitors know that many of their electorate are like my neighbours, who told me the other day, “Oh yes, we believe you, Jack, the EU is bad for Britain and that its a thieves charter and everything, but we won’t do anything because we are just too apathetic.” They know they are apathetic and they WANT to be apathetic. To challenge that apathy in a way which still respects them and honours their choice in life, whilst finding the kernel of truth which will motivate them to change, so far remains beyond my powers of creative action. I will eventually crack it, given time and a little bit of luck.
Where do we get these leaflets from? I’d be happy to deliver them around my part of the world.
It’s taken a while, but here is my response to my MP’s letter, that I transcribed above.
“Dear Mr David,
I am in receipt of your letter sent at the beginning of this month, and I apologise that it has taken so long to respond.
Your final paragraph concerns me deeply. My previous e mail, to which you were responding, had pointed out that all these bailouts are illegal under the terms of the Lisbon Treaty, something that you did not attempt to deny. However, you justified them by writing: “On the point of legality. The European Union has every right to adopt whatever means are necessary, especially in the short term, to deal with unprecedented situations.” This concerns me for two reasons:
First, that this is the rationale of every tyrant in history, from Julius Caesar, to Charles I, to Josef Stalin, to Augusto Pinochet. This is a very dangerous degree of power to place in the hands of a European political super-elite that is not, in practice, accountable to the citizens. Indeed, many would suggest that it is asking for trouble, because, if the ruling political elite can declare, without fear of retribution, that one particular crisis merits extraordinary action beyond the bounds of the law, what will prevent it from making similar declarations about what it chooses to define as any other crisis, according to its convenience?
Second, whatever happened to the principle that “the rule of law is paramount”? What is the point of having a treaty (or a constitution) at all if the government simply to makes up the rules as it goes along? What rights do we citizens, in fact, have at all if the government is free to ignore its legal commitments as it pleases?
For that matter, if the EU has the right to cherry-pick the treaty terms that it will adhere to, why should its member governments not do likewise? This is not the way of civilization, or of responsible government, but the way of chaos.
I joined this forum solely to reply to this thread, and I would like to say thank you for creating. It might not make sense to you, but it does to me, and I felt I needed to leave a comment.