1. Revolting MPs
Professor Philip Cowley
The University of Nottingham

2. The University of Nottingham

3. Expenses Issue will not go away Mostly not corrupt Mostly well spent
Problem now (largely) over
MPs cannot ‘regain’ trust of public
The University of Nottingham

4. Levels of trust in professions
Doctors
90%
Teachers
86%
Professors
78%
Ministers
22%
Journalists
18%
Politicians
The University of Nottingham

5. -7 +29 Politicians as a group Your local MP V
The University of Nottingham

6. % rate of rebellion, whole parliament
The University of Nottingham

7. Record breakers
Largest ever Labour rebellion on a health issue (foundation hospitals)
Largest ever Labour rebellion on an education issue (top-up fees)
Equal largest rebellion at Second Reading (top-up fees) since 1945
Largest ever Labour rebellion at Third Reading (schools reform)
Largest ever Labour defence rebellion (Trident)
Largest rebellion since the repeal of the Corn Laws (Iraq)
The University of Nottingham

8. 4259 votes cast against the Conservative whip, 1979-1990
The University of Nottingham

9. 6520 votes cast against the Labour whip, 1997-2007
The University of Nottingham

10. Casts a rebellious vote in roughly one in every 10 divisions
And the average rebel casts a dissenting vote in roughly one in every 200 divisions
The University of Nottingham

11. % rate of rebellion,
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12. Frequency
Time
The University of Nottingham

13. Frequency
Time
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14. Correlation, rebellions 1997-98 and 2001-05 0.91
The University of Nottingham

15. Correlation, rebellions and vote, 2005
-0.06
The University of Nottingham

16. Who represented not their country but themselves, and always kept together in a close and undivided phalanx, impenetrable either by shame or honour, voting always the same way, and saying always the same things, as if they were no longer voluntary agents but so many engines merely turned about by a mechanic motion, like an organ where the great humming basses as well as the little squeaking trebles are filled but with one blast of wind from the same sound board?
The University of Nottingham

17. Who represented not their country but themselves, and always kept together in a close and undivided phalanx, impenetrable either by shame or honour, voting always the same way, and saying always the same things, as if they were no longer voluntary agents but so many engines merely turned about by a mechanic motion, like an organ where the great humming basses as well as the little squeaking trebles are filled but with one blast of wind from the same sound board?
The University of Nottingham

18. The University of Nottingham

19. The University of Nottingham

20. …and more likely to defy the whip
A majority of 60+, but four defeats
Free votes and other retreats
Rebellions runs at 28% in first session
Other victories by single figures
Other victories thanks to Conservative support
The University of Nottingham