I have been surprised not to see my MP's name on the EDM.
But apparently “MP has not signed EDM 240 primarily due to strict parliamentary conventions regarding select committee chairs and internal Labour Party discipline]
Select Committee Neutrality: MP serves as a senior select committee chair within Parliament. Convention dictates that chairs of major committees avoid signing highly partisan or adversarial Early Day Motions to protect the objective, cross-party authority of their committees.
Focus on Legislative Accountability over Symbolism: EDMs are largely symbolic backbench petitions that rarely result in direct legislative changes. MP historically prioritises using direct parliamentary channels—such as questioning Ministers on the floor of the House and scrutinising the financial impact through committee work—to demand practical government accountability rather than signing backbench motions.
Strategic Party Positioning: While MP has been vocal about the "mess" created by the guidelines, actually signing a motion to formally strike down an EHRC Code of Practice crosses into open rebellion against their frontbench. By voicing opposition via parliamentary debate rather than an EDM, maintains the leverage required to lobby the Labour leadership from within the party rather than from the outside.“
Does this sound true?
I have to admit I have not idea if Chair's of other committees have signed.
And does this mean that those Labour MPs who have signed are now "Labour Rebels"?