Corbyn most rebellious Labour MP (again)
Jeremy Corbyn is Labour’s most rebellious MP, according to new academic research.
It is not the first time the renegade left-winger has run up more rebellions than anyone else in the party.
This year he voted against the whip 57 times. Last year he did so 31 times. But during 2005/06 he totalled 60 rebellions.
The research, by Phillip Cowley and Mark Stuart, was commissioned by the Economic and Social Research Council and Nottingham University.
It found Gordon Brown faced more rebellions in his time as prime minister than Tony Blair had during the entirety of his first parliamentary term.
Mr Brown has seen Labour MPs defy their whips 103 times, compared to 96 in Mr Blair’s first term.
It is the greatest number of rebellions of any governing party during a session for over 30 years.
The controversial Lisbon treaty bulked up the results, accounting for over a quarter of the rebellions.
A total of 104 Labour MPs voted against their whips in the session.
