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A question of loyalty.

Earlier this year, Labour mooted a Corbyn loyalty test for MPs.

It's not as if Corbyn rebelled 148 times against the Labour Govt in 2001-05 alone.

All data/info from the now defunct revolts.co.uk by @philipjcowley & @MarkieStuartie. 1/14
@philipjcowley @MarkieStuartie Here's a flavour of what Corbyn rebelled on:

'introducing a raft of measures to with the increased terrorist threat to Britain following the World Trade Center bombing.' 2/14
@philipjcowley @MarkieStuartie What did Corbyn rebel on:

'certifying suspected international terrorists'
&
'extradition procedures for international terrorists' 3/14
@philipjcowley @MarkieStuartie What did Corbyn rebel on:
'creating a new offence of incitement to religious hatred' 4/14
@philipjcowley @MarkieStuartie What did Corbyn rebel on:
'to restrict the power of the police to search for identifying marks on a suspect.'
&
'restrict the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defence police' 5/14
@philipjcowley @MarkieStuartie 'Having already made major concessions to the Lords, including dropping the incitement to religious hatred clause, the govt was not willing to cede any more ground on the Anti-Terrorism, Crime ... Its decision to reject any further sunset clauses attracted 6 Labour rebels.' 6/14
@philipjcowley @MarkieStuartie What did Corbyn rebel on:
Requiring an immigration officer to apply to a magistrate for a warrant before searching the employee records of a suspected illegal immigrant. 7/14
@philipjcowley @MarkieStuartie What did Corbyn rebel on:
He didn't think an offence which carries a prison sentence of 10 years or more was a 'serious offence'. 8/14
@philipjcowley @MarkieStuartie What did Corbyn rebel on:
Don't mention a criminals previous bad character. 9/14
@philipjcowley @MarkieStuartie Corbyn even rebelled on his own. 10/14
@philipjcowley @MarkieStuartie What did Corbyn rebel on:
It's a no to dispersal orders. 11/14
@philipjcowley @MarkieStuartie Here are some tables to provide a more comprehensive analysis of Corbyn's voting record (on some issues he voted with the Tories more than he voted with Labour).

Crime & justice: 12/14
@philipjcowley @MarkieStuartie Terrorism votes (2001-05): 13/14
@philipjcowley @MarkieStuartie Other significant rebellions.

The thread later will review the period 2005-10. 14/14
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