Here Are The Conservative MPs Who Did Not Vote With The Government On Fracking

Liz Truss leaves Downing Street for the Commons on Wednesday (alamy)

Conservative whips – MPs in charge of party discipline – had warned they considered the vote a confidence motion for the government, and said any MPs who failed to support the government would face suspension. A total of 33 Conservative MPs were recorded as not having supported the government. 

While no Conservative MPs voted with Labour, a number had indicated earlier in the day that they would not support the government, such as former energy minister Chris Skidmore. 

There may have been MPs paired in the votes to account for MPs on the opposing side who could not vote for legitimate reasons, including Deputy Labour Leader Angela Rayner, who said that she had been paired in order to attend the TUC annual conference in Brighton. 

Following the release of the voting data, there were claims from some MPs that they did not believe they should be on the list of those who did not back the government, as a chaotic night unfolded in Westminster. Liz Truss appeared on the original list but was later removed. According to The Guardian, Truss did vote but forgot to swipe her pass, meaning it was not recorded. 

Here are all of the Conservative MPs who did not back the Government motion on fracking, and all had no vote recorded, according to Parliamentary data: 

Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty) 

Gareth Bacon (Orpington) 

Siobhan Baillie (Stroud) 

Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells) 

Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon) 

Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford) 

David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden) 

Caroline Dinenage (Gosport) 

Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire) 

Philip Dunne (Ludlow) 

Mark Fletcher (Bolsover) 

Vicky Ford (Chelmsford) 

Paul Holmes (Eastleigh) 

Alister Jack (Dumfries and Galloway) 

Boris Johnson (Uxbridge and South Ruislip) 

Gillian Keegan (Chichester) 

Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne) 

Robert Largan (High Peak) 

Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire) 

Mark Logan (Bolton North East) 

Theresa May (Maidenhead) 

Priti Patel (Witham) 

Mark Pawsey (Rugby) 

Angela Richardson (Guildford) 

Andrew Rosindell (Romford) 

Bob Seely (Isle of Wight) 

Alok Sharma (Reading West) 

Chris Skidmore (Kingswood) 

Henry Smith (Crawley) 

Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North) 

John Whittingdale (Maldon) 

William Wragg (Hazel Grove) 

Jeremy Wright (Kenilworth and Southam)

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