Fifteen Labour MPs rebelled against the Government by voting in favour of a Conservative-led motion to launch a parliamentary inquiry into Sir Keir Starmer over the Peter Mandelson scandal.
The motion was ultimately dismissed by 335 to 223 votes in the House of Commons on Tuesday as the vast majority of Labour MPs fell in line with the Government.
But a not-insignificant number of his party’s members disobeying Downing Street’s orders by going against the whip may present cause for concern for the embattled Prime Minister, particularly with leadership rivals understood to be plotting against him.
Among the Labour MPs who voted against the Government was Emma Lewell, the MP for South Shields, who earlier condemned the Government’s response to the debate on whether to refer the Prime Minister to the Privileges Committee.
Prior to the vote, she said: “I have watched this whole sorry saga play out for weeks now, like the public, I feel let down, disappointed and I am angry.”
Lewell was joined in the “aye” lobby by party colleagues including Kate Osborne (Jarrow and Gateshead East), Cat Smith (Lancaster and Wyre), Luke Myer (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland), Grahame Morris (Easington), and Mary Kelly Foy (City of Durham). Smith also voted against the motion, which could indicate a formal abstention.
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East), who recently lost the Labour whip following repeated outspoken criticism of Starmer’s government, also voted in favour of the motion, while there was a total of 54 Labour MPs whose votes were not recorded.
There are several possible reasons that could explain why an MP did not cast a vote for a particular motion in parliament. The Speaker and deputies, for example, are unable to vote due to the impartiality of the chair.
Members could also be absent carrying out constituency or ministerial business, or be unable to attend for other reasons. If any members are present but choose not to cast a vote, that is what is called an abstention.
However, the breakdown of each vote’s results on parliament’s website does not give the exact reason for why each MP may have failed to vote on a particular motion, such as this one.
Labour MPs who voted in favour of an inquiry into Starmer
Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse) Richard Burgon (Leeds East) Ian Byrne (Liverpool West Derby) Mary Kelly Foy (City of Durham) Imran Hussain (Bradford East) Brian Leishman (Alloa and Grangemouth) Emma Lewell (South Shields) Rebecca Long Bailey (Salford) Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough and Thornby East) John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington) Grahame Morris (Easington) Luke Myer (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland) Kate Osborne (Jarrow and Gateshead East) Cat Smith (Lancaster and Wyre) Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East)Labour MPs who did not vote on the motion
Dan Aldridge (Weston-super-Mare) Tahir Ali (Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley) Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting) Paula Barker (Liverpool Wavertree) Lorraine Beavers (Blackpool North and Fleetwood) Matt Bishop (Forest of Dean) Olivia Blake (Sheffield Hallam) Jonathan Brash (Hartlepool) Dawn Butler (Brent East) Sarah Coombes (West Bromwich) Yvette Cooper (Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley) Stella Creasy (Walthamstow) Josh Dean (Hertford and Stortford) Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth) Peter Dowd (Bootle) Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole) Maria Eagle (Liverpool Garston) Cat Eccles (Stourbridge) Maya Ellis (Ribble Valley) Miatta Fahnbulleh (Peckham) Emma Foody (Cramlington and Killingworth) Gill Furniss (Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough) Barry Gardiner (Brent West) Gill German (Clwyd North) Jodie Gosling (Nuneaton) Louise Haigh (Sheffield Heeley) Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East) Mark Hendrick (Preston) Chris Hinchliff (North East Hertfordshire) Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham) Kim Johnson (Liverpool Riverside) Ian Lavery (Blyth and Ashington) Clive Lewis (Norwich South) Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston) Navendu Mishra (Stockport) Abtisam Mohamed (Sheffield Central) Pamela Nash (Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke) Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West) Simon Opher (Stroud) Sarah Owen (Luton North) Luke Pollard (Plymouth Sutton and Devonport) Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South and Walkden) Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill) Marie Rimmer (St Helens South and Whiston) Sarah Russell (Congleton) Naz Shah (Bradford West) Josh Simons (Makerfield) Gareth Snell (Stoke-on-Trent Central) Graham Stringer (Blackley and Middleton South) Nick Thomas-Symonds (Torfaen) Jon Trickett (Normanton and Hemsworth) Laurence Turner (Birmingham Northfield) Chris Webb (Blackpool South) Michael Wheeler (Worsley and Eccles)Hence then, the article about the labour rebels who voted against starmer or abstained was published today ( ) and is available on inews ( Middle East ) The editorial team at PressBee has edited and verified it, and it may have been modified, fully republished, or quoted. You can read and follow the updates of this news or article from its original source.
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