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Friday 22 November 2013

Coalition Government defeats in the Commons

I've stumbled across a great article on another blog which lists the Commons defeats that the Coalition has had. You can find it here. I lists 10, and crucially makes the connection with the defeats that actually happened through a vote (eg, Syria) with the changes in policy that a large number of rebellious MPs forced on the Government without going for a vote (eg House of Lords reform & boundary changes). By contrast, the Wikipedia page which lists defeats of the government only shows 3 for the coalition.

Bagehot in the Economist has a great article about the rebelliousness of Conservative MPs here.

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