Rebels Who Had Whip Withdrawn
Those who had the whip withdrawn following the EC Finance Bill:
- Michael Carttiss (Great Yarmouth)
- Nicholas Budgen (Wolverhampton South West)
- Tony Marlow (Northampton North)
- John Wilkinson (Ruislip Northwood)
- Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills)
- Teresa Gorman (Billericay)
- Christopher Gill (Ludlow)
- Sir Teddy Taylor (Southend East)
- Sir Richard Body (Holland with Boston) (resigned whip voluntarily following the withdrawal of the whip from the above eight)
Other MPs who had whip withdrawn for failure to support the government on a confidence issue related to Maastrict:
- Rupert Allason (Torbay)
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