By my reckoning:
213 Tory MPs have proxy votes. The Whips control 203.
120 Labour MPs have proxies. The Whips control 106.
39 SNP MPs have proxies. The Whip controls all 39.
More than half of all votes in the Commons are now cast by 3 men. No wonder the Whips like this system
213 Tory MPs have proxy votes. The Whips control 203.
120 Labour MPs have proxies. The Whips control 106.
39 SNP MPs have proxies. The Whip controls all 39.
More than half of all votes in the Commons are now cast by 3 men. No wonder the Whips like this system
https://twitter.com/JGForsyth/status/1326487660500807680
Proxy voting during parental leave or sickness is one thing. But its use on this industrial scale is concentrating power in the hands of the Whips, grotesquely strengthening the Executive & making a travesty of parliamentary govt. We urgently need a return to electronic voting.
Interestingly, there's also a smaller left-caucus of 15 MPs, who have all given their proxies to Bell Ribeiro-Addy. They include: Richard Burgon, Dawn Butler, Jeremy Corbyn, Ian Lavery, John McDonnell, Jon Trickett, Zarah Sultana, Claudia Webbe and Caroline Lucas.
The full list of proxies, as of 10 November 2020, is available here: hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-1….
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