Page 3 | Did your MP vote for a ceasefire?

BoohooWoohoo · 2023-11-16T09:25:30+00:00

[[https://votes.parliament.uk/votes/commons/division/1666 https://votes.parliament.uk/votes/commons/division/1666]] Aye = ceasefire No = no ceasefire My MP is a Tory so toed the party line and said no 😡

Houseplanter · 16/11/2023 14:03

What difference does it make? I mean how will the outcome of this vote change anything?! Why does what our MPs think make the slightest difference to how terrorists behave?!

stormy4319trevor · 16/11/2023 14:00

Is it right that Starmer said he would sack anyone voting for a ceasefire? If so, has he done that?

Plexie · 16/11/2023 13:40

Where does it say what the proposed amendment was? There was a vote on an SNP amendment after the Labour one but I can't remember the wording of either. And no idea what the other two were about.

FKATondelayo · 16/11/2023 13:39

No. Tory.

Good for him. What a colossal waste of time. What would have been the effect of a 'Yes' vote passing? None whatsoever apart from giving certain MPs a cosy glow of smug superiority. The parliamentary equivalent of changing your FB image to a 'Ceasefire now' logo.

MrTiddlesTheCat · 16/11/2023 13:32

Noelectricheating · 16/11/2023 10:08

Did any Tory MP's vote for a ceasefire or did they all vote against a ceasefire?

My tory MP didn't bother showing up. Same as usual. He's standing down at the next election. We won't notice any difference.

2band1g2020 · 16/11/2023 13:14

Yes, Labour. And then he resigned too apparently.

ilovesooty · 16/11/2023 12:52

Yes I assume so. He resigned from the front bench over it last week.

I like Jess Philips.

Sausagenbacon · 16/11/2023 12:48

When jess phillips has voted for it you definitely know it's a load of virtue signall8ng bollocks

stormy4319trevor · 16/11/2023 12:29

EsmaCannonball · 16/11/2023 11:34

The fact that Labour three-line whipped its MP's into voting against a ceasefire gives you an insight into real public opinion on this issue. Despite all the marches and protests, Labour polling must have shown that siding against Israel is a vote-loser.

I agree that Starmer seems sure it's best to side with Israel's government. On an individual level, I think MP's might also be considering the demographics of their constituencies, the outcome of next election and where they want to be in any reshuffles.

Oliotya · 16/11/2023 12:19

Conservative - abstained. Spineless as always.

murasaki · 16/11/2023 12:18

No, Labour.

BeggyMitchell · 16/11/2023 12:00

Sausagenbacon · 16/11/2023 09:43

No (labour). Makes me much more likely to vote for her.

Same.

EsmaCannonball · 16/11/2023 11:55

I don't think Labour is going to have problems winning the next general election because of cost of living, etc., They do want to shake off the anti-Semitic image but they also know along with that image came the taint of sympathising with jihadism. For a lot of voters this isn't just going to be about the Middle East but is going to be about national security, law and order and liberal democratic values. If a bomb goes off on the tube or another MP is murdered, Labour doesn't want to be seen as the party that stood with the people cosplaying as Hamas.

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BoohooWoohoo · 16/11/2023 11:37

EsmaCannonball · 16/11/2023 11:34

The fact that Labour three-line whipped its MP's into voting against a ceasefire gives you an insight into real public opinion on this issue. Despite all the marches and protests, Labour polling must have shown that siding against Israel is a vote-loser.

I wonder if it's a desperate attempt to try and shake the anti-semitism that the extreme left of the party had no shame in demonstrating under Corbyn even though most people are smart enough to know that criticising the Israeli government isn't anti-semitism.

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EsmaCannonball · 16/11/2023 11:34

The fact that Labour three-line whipped its MP's into voting against a ceasefire gives you an insight into real public opinion on this issue. Despite all the marches and protests, Labour polling must have shown that siding against Israel is a vote-loser.

TooOldForThisNonsense · 16/11/2023 11:28

Yes but tbh it’s a load of virtue signalling bollocks. It’s hardly like Israel would say Oh Ok then, the U.K. Parliament have voted for it so we’d better do it.

FOJN · 16/11/2023 11:02

My MP is a dick but thankfully voted for a ceasefire.

Thanks for the thread, I couldn't find the results last night.

Shouldimove · 16/11/2023 10:56

Abstained - labour. They've lost my vote.

NickMarlow · 16/11/2023 10:56

Yes, Labour.

ArtfulPuss · 16/11/2023 10:51

Yes. Lib Dem.

areyouhavinglaugh · 16/11/2023 10:49

Tory abstained 🙄

AgentProvocateur · 16/11/2023 10:47

Yes, SNP.

smilingthroughgrittedteeth · 16/11/2023 10:46

No - conservative and hes an arse anyway. Im surprised he even bothered showing up he never bithers when its anything to do with womens rights, education or children in general. Unless its about housing or immigration he couldnt care less (hes a landlord, rents out commercial premises, he basically only cares about himself and how things will affect him. Hes only seen if theres a photo op)

JustKen · 16/11/2023 10:33

No. Labour.

Warmhandscoldheart · 16/11/2023 10:25

No (Tory)
Though how he found time to vote while juggling his 6 other paid jobs I'll never know 😠