REBELS WITHOUT A PARTY
PHILIP HAMMOND
Ex-Chancellor and bete noir of Brexiteers. Points out he voted for the Withdrawal Agreement three times.
CONSTITUENCY: Runnymede and Weybridge. Leave vote: 50 per cent
DOMINIC GRIEVE
Former Attorney General who says he wants to ‘save the Tory party’ from Mr Johnson. A QC and the legal brains behind much of opposition to No Deal.
CONSTITUENCY: Beaconsfield. Leave vote: 49 per cent
KENNETH CLARKE
Tory big beast, another former Chancellor and, at 79, the Father of the House. Has said he would vote to bring down the Tory government to stop No Deal.
CONSTITUENCY: Rushcliffe. Leave vote: 41 per cent
SIR OLIVER LETWIN
Gaffe-prone MP who was David Cameron’s policy chief. Has argued that to stop No Deal MPs would have to take over the role of the government.
CONSTITUENCY: West Dorset. Leave vote: 51 per cent
DAVID GAUKE
Ex-Justice Secretary and leader of the ‘Gaukeward Squad’ of rebels. Accused the PM of a ‘purge’ for threatening to deselect rebels and of trying to turn the Conservatives into the Brexit Party.
CONSTITUENCY: South West Hertfordshire. Leave vote: 4 per cent
RORY STEWART
Former Development Secretary who ran an enthusiastic, if futile, leadership bid. Tory Remainer pin-up.
CONSTITUENCY: Penrith and the Border. Leave vote: 55 per cent
GREG CLARK
Former Business Secretary who told business leaders ‘we can’t have No Deal’.
CONSTITUENCY: Tunbridge Wells. Leave vote: 45 per cent
SIR NICHOLAS SOAMES
Sir Winston Churchill’s grandson. Compared Brexiteers to a ‘growling alsatian that must be kicked really hard in the balls’.
CONSTITUENCY: Mid Sussex. Leave vote: 4 per cent
JUSTINE GREENING
Ex-Education Secretary who will stand down at the next election.
CONSTITUENCY: Putney. Leave vote: 28 per cent
ANTOINETTE SANDBACH
The ft 4in MP longstanding rebel. Branded PM ‘staggeringly hypocritical’ for threatening to deselect rebels.
CONSTITUENCY: Eddisbury. Leave vote: 52 per cent
ALISTAIR BURT
Former Foreign Office minister who quit government in March after joining antiNo Deal rebels. Refused to rule out standing against Tories.
CONSTITUENCY: North East Bedfordshire. Leave vote: 53 per cent
SAM GYIMAH
Quit as science minister in protest at Mrs May’s ‘naive’ deal and backed a second referendum. CONSTITUENCY: East Surrey. Leave vote: 54 per cent
CAROLINE NOKES
Ex-immigration minister who said her constituents ‘mean a whole lot more to me than keeping the whip’.
CONSTITUENCY: Romsey and Southampton North. Leave vote: 4 per cent
MARGOT JAMES
Self-made millionaire who resigned as culture minister after rebelling against Mrs May to stop No Deal.
CONSTITUENCY: Stourbridge. Leave vote: 64 per cent
GUTO BEBB
Ex-defence minister who quit to stop No Deal. Is standing down at the election.
CONSTITUENCY: Aberconwy. Leave vote: 52 per cent
RICHARD HARRINGTON
Ex-business minister. Quit to stop No Deal and last week said he would stand down as a Tory MP at the election.
CONSTITUENCY: Watford. Leave vote: 51 per cent
STEPHEN HAMMOND
Ex-Transport minister and MP for a south London Remain seat under threat from Liberal Democrats.
CONSTITUENCY: Wimbledon. Leave vote: 29 per cent
ANNE MILTON
Spiky-haired MP who rose through the ranks under David Cameron and Theresa May. The rebels’ unofficial whipwhip.
CONSTITUENCY: Guildford. Leave vote: 41 per cent
ED VAIZEY
A friend of David Cameron who was sacked as Arts Minister by Mrs May.
CONSTITUENCY: Wantage. Leave vote: 46 per cent
STEVE BRINE
Ex-public health minister who quit government in March.
CONSTITUENCY: Winchester and Chandler’s Ford. Leave vote: 40 per cent
RICHARD BENYON
Former Army lieutenant who served in Ulster and the Far East and an ex-agriculture minister.
CONSTITUENCY: Newbury. Leave vote: 48 per cent