There is no sign of the Labour revolt abating. In fact, it is still growing and now stands at almost one third of all Labour MPs.
The total number of MPs who have signed the Labour rebels amendment is now 162. However, with Greens, SNP, DUP and independent MPs also signing, the total no longer represents just Labour MPs.
There have been 6 Labour backbench signatories overnight, it has been reported. We’ve spotted five of them:
- Irene Campbell
- Sarah Edwards
- Mary Glindon
- Toby Perkins
- Gareth Snell
If anyone knows the sixth, please let us know and we’ll add them.
So we think the total is 129 Labour rebels (including 2 suspended), plus 33 from other parties. [Correction: thanks to Dee for spotting we had 4 NI politicians in our list. We hope our numbers are correct now]
You can see the full list of MPs of all parties who have signed the amendment on the parliament website, but we have our alphabetical list of Labour rebels at the bottom of this page.
Government dismissive of rebels
There appears to be little attempt so far by the government to build bridges with Labour’s rebels.
Whips and ministers have allegedly threatened dire consequences, both for individual MPs and the government as a whole, unless the rebels back down. But as a strategy that appears to have been less than successful, with one labour MP removing their name from the amendment and 25 adding theirs, since it was launched on Tuesday.
Keir Starmer probably didn’t help when he described the rebellion as “noises off”, whilst another member of government told The Times, “It’s so depressing to think Keir and Morgan did all that work to cleanse the party of this self-indulgent rubbish, only for it to erupt back.”
Concessions to be made on Friday
It is being widely reported in the media that ministers are working on concessions to the Labour rebels, which will be unveiled on Friday in the hopes of buying them off before Tuesday’s vote.
There is no indication of what the concessions might be and we are going to resist speculating about the possibilities. Especially as it was being widely reported in the media yesterday that Tuesday’s vote would be postponed.
The only certainty at the moment appears to be that nothing is certain.
Protests to take place on Monday and Tuesday
There’s a Stop Disability Benefit Cuts rally in Parliament Square on Monday 30 June at 4.30pm and protestors will also be gathering in Old Palace Yard from 1pm on Tuesday, 1 July to make their voices heard as the debate and vote takes place.
More details from DPAC.
Vote to be held on Tuesday . . . possibly
The leader of the House of Commons has confirmed that the second reading and vote on the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill will still go ahead on Tuesday 1 July as planned.
However, this absolutely doesn’t mean it definitely will happen. If the concessions supposed to be made on Friday fail to sway the rebels, then the government may still decide to postpone the vote at the last minute.
Full alphabetical list Labour MPs who have signed the amendment
Abbott, Ms Diane
Abrahams, Debbie
Al-Hassan, Sadik
Ali, Tahir
Allin-Khan, Dr Rosena
Arthur, Dr Scott
Baker, Richard
Bance, Antonia
Barker, Paula
Barron, Lee
Beales, Danny
Beavers, Lorraine
Begum, Apsana
Betts, Mr Clive
Billington, Ms Polly
Bishop, Matt
Blake, Olivia
Brash, Mr Jonathan
Burgon, Richard
Burke, Maureen
Butler, Dawn
Byrne, Ian
Cadbury, Ruth
Campbell, Irene
Coleman, Ben
Collinge, Lizzi
Cooper, Andrew
Cooper, Dr Beccy
Craft, Jen
Creasy, Ms Stella
Davies, Paul
De Cordova, Marsha
Dean, Josh
Dhesi, Mr Tanmanjeet Singh
Dixon, Anna
Duncan-Jordan, Neil
Eccles, Cat
Edwards, Lauren
Edwards, Sarah
Efford, Clive
Ellis, Maya
Entwistle, Kirith
Eshalomi, Florence
Evans, Chris
Fenton-Glynn, Josh
Ferguson, Patricia
Foster, Mr Paul
Foxcroft, Vicky
Francis, Daniel
Furniss, Gill
Gardner, Dr Allison
Gilbert, Tracy
Glindon, Mary
Gwynne, Andrew Labour suspended
Hack, Amanda
Haigh, Louise
Hall, Sarah
Hamilton, Fabian
Hamilton, Paulette
Hayes, Helen
Hillier, Dame Meg
Hinchliff, Chris
Hume, Alison
Hurley, Patrick
Hussain, Imran
Jermy, Terry
Jogee, Adam
Johnson, Kim
Jones, Lillian
Jones, Ruth
Kelly Foy, Mary
Khan, Afzal
Lamb, Peter
Lavery, Ian
Leishman, Brian
Lewell, Emma
Lewis, Clive
Long Bailey, Rebecca
Maskell, Rachael
McDonald, Andy
McDonnell, John Labour suspended
McKenna, Kevin
Midgley, Anneliese
Mishra, Navendu
Mohamed, Abtisam
Morris, Grahame
Mullane, Margaret
Myer, Luke
Naish, James
Naismith, Connor
Newbury, Josh
Nichols, Charlotte
Onn, Melanie
Opher, Dr Simon
Osamor, Kate
Osborne, Kate
Owen, Sarah
Paffey, Darren
Perkins, Toby
Pitcher, Lee
Platt, Jo
Quigley, Mr Richard
Qureshi, Yasmin
Ranger, Andrew
Rhodes, Martin
Ribeiro-Addy, Bell
Riddell-Carpenter, Jenny
Rimmer, Ms Marie
Robertson, Dave
Rushworth, Sam
Shah, Naz
Smith, Cat
Snell, Gareth
Sobel, Alex
Stainbank, Euan
Stewart, Elaine
Sullivan, Kirsteen
Trickett, Jon
Tufnell, Henry
Turner, Laurence
Vaughan, Tony
Webb, Chris
Western, Matt
Whittome, Nadia
Williams, David
Witherden, Steve
Yang, Yuan
Yasin, Mohammad
