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On 23 July 2024, Labour withdrew the whip from 7 of its MPs who had supported an amendment tabled by the Scottish National Party (SNP)'s Westminster leader Stephen Flynn to scrap it, with Flynn stating that scrapping the cap would immediately raise 300,000 children out of poverty. MPs rejected the SNP amendment by 363 votes to 103. [11]
Despite the whip, seven Labour MPs rebelled by voting to abolish the cap and were suspended from the party for at least six months. [14] [15] The seven Labour MPs suspended were John McDonnell, Richard Burgon, Ian Byrne, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Imran Hussain, Apsana Begum and Zarah Sultana. [14] [15]
Questioning the integrity of MPs investigating whether Galloway took money from Iraq. [23] [24] 31 January 2008: Derek Conway: Conservative: 10 days: Employing family members in breach of rules on payments. [25] 15 January 2009: John McDonnell: Labour: 5 days: Removing the ceremonial mace. [26] [27] 11 May 2011: David Laws: Liberal Democrat: 7 days
It was the first Commons rebellion for Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
Sir Keir has previously suspended the whip from Labour MPs in response to comments about senior black Conservative politicians. In 2022, he suspended Rupa Huq from the party for describing then ...
Mike Amesbury MP has been suspended from the Labour Party after CCTV footage emerged which appears to show he punched one of his constituents in the face before attacking the victim while he was ...
Labour MPs refused to allow Cunliffe-Lister to speak, demanding that the Prime Minister should speak for the Government. The Speaker suspended the sitting for 58 minutes. When it resumed, Cunliffe-Lister attempted to speak but was still denied a hearing by Labour MPs; after seven minutes the Speaker adjourned the sitting. v182 p329: s5 v210 ...
MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle has been suspended from the Labour Party after a complaint was made about his behaviour. The Brighton Kemptown MP said in a statement that he received an administrative ...