The Conservative MPs who rebelled against the Government to vote down Sunday trading reforms
26 Conservative MPs joined ranks with Labour and SNP MPs to vote against government plans to allow longer trading hours on a Sunday
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Your support makes all the difference.The Government has lost a vote to lengthen Sunday trading hours for shops after a number of Conservative MP rebelled against their own party. In total, 26 Conservative MPs broke ranks to reject the proposals.
The vote was lost by 317 to 286 after they joined forces with Labour and SNP politicians in what one Conservative MP called a “an unholy alliance” across the political spectrum. The rebellion represents a significant challenge to David Cameron as he attempts to rule with a slim majority, amid growing dissent and unease within his own party.
The proposed reforms would have represented the biggest change to Sunday trading laws for 20 years. Currently, large stores are only permitted to open for 6 hours between 10am and 6pm. The government has suggested that reform would help businesses and give greater freedom to shoppers. However, some politicians raised concerns that the change would result in wage decreases and cause Christian employees to feel pressured to work on a Sunday.
David Cameron held last minute talks yesterday evening with backbencher MPs in a bid to win them round and a compromise amendment was also tabled. However, this was not enough to sway the MPs.
This is a list of all the Conservative MPs who voted against the Government to reject change to Sunday trading hours.
Heidi Allen
Bob Blackman
Fiona Bruce
David Burrowes
Maria Caulfield
Christopher Chope
Nadine Dorries
Steve Double
James Gray
Chris Green
Gordon Henderson
Gerald Howarth
Stewart Jackson
Ranil Jayawardena
David Jones
Jeremy Lefroy
Edward Leigh
Julian Lewis
Karl McCartney
Andrew Rosindell
Derek Thomas
Andrew Turner
Martin Vickers
William Wragg
Peter Bone
Phillip Hollobone
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