These 294 MPs Voted Not To Let Child Refugees Stranded In Europe Into The UK

Was your MP one of the MPs have voted against a plan to admit 600 child refugees a year into Britain? That's 3000 over 5 years....

These 294 MPs Voted Not To Let Child Refugees Stranded In Europe Into The UK

by Vicky Spratt |
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Earlier this week Conservative MPs voted against a proposal put forward by the Labour party to allow 3,000 child refugees to enter the UK from Europe. The plan put forward by Labour would actually have meant welcoming 600 unaccompanied child refugees a year over the next 5 years, as Patrick Kingsley, The Guardian’s Migration Correspondent, explains.

Labour’s Shadow Immigration Minister, Keir Starmer, told Radio 4’s Today Programme that ‘the fight will go on’ to get the UK to do more to help children stranded in Europe. Monday’s vote was a close call, with the government narrowly defeating a cross-party amendment to the immigration bill.

MPs voted against the proposals by 294 to 276 on Monday after the Home Office persuaded any Tories who were thinking about rebelling against their party that enough was already being done to help such children.

A handful of Conservative MPs voted in favour of accepting the child refugees. They were: Geoffrey Cox, Tania Mathis, Stephen Phillips, Will Quince, and David Warburton.

Here is a full list of all the 294 MPs who voted not to accept the child refugees:

Conservative (289)

Adams, Nigel

Afriyie, Adam

Aldous, Peter

Allan, Lucy

Amess, Sir David


Andrew, Stuart

Ansell, Caroline

Argar, Edward

Atkins, Victoria

Bacon, Mr Richard

Baker, Mr Steve


Baldwin, Harriett


Barclay, Stephen


Baron, Mr John


Barwell, Gavin

Bebb, Guto

Bellingham, Sir Henry

Benyon, Richard

Beresford, Sir Paul

Berry, Jake

Berry, James

Bingham, Andrew


Blunt, Crispin

Bone, Peter

Borwick, Victoria

Bottomley, Sir Peter

Bradley, Karen

Brady, Graham

Brazier, Julian

Brine, Steve


Brokenshire, rh James

Bruce, Fiona

Buckland, Robert

Burns, Conor

Burns, rh Sir Simon

Burrowes, David


Burt, rh Alistair

Carmichael, Neil

Cartlidge, James

Cash, Sir William

Caulfield, Maria

Chalk, Alex

Chishti, Rehman

Chope, Christopher

Churchill, Jo


Clark, rh Greg

Clarke, rh Mr Kenneth

Cleverly, James

Clifton-Brown, Geoffrey


Coffey, Dr Thérèse

Collins, Damian


Colvile, Oliver

Costa, Alberto

Crabb, rh Stephen

Davies, Byron

Davies, Glyn

Davies, Mims


Davies, Philip

Dinenage, Caroline


Djanogly, Jonathan

Donelan, Michelle

Double, Steve

Dowden, Oliver

Doyle-Price, Jackie

Drax, Richard

Drummond, Flick

Duddridge, James

Duncan Smith, rh Mr Iain


Dunne, Philip


Ellis, Michael

Ellison, Jane

Ellwood, Tobias

Elphicke, Charlie

Eustice, George

Evans, Graham

Evans, Mr Nigel

Evennett, rh Mr David


Fabricant, Michael


Fallon, rh Michael

Fernandes, Suella

Field, rh Mark

Foster, Kevin

Fox, rh Dr Liam

Frazer, Lucy

Freeman, George

Freer, Mike

Gale, Sir Roger


Garnier, rh Sir Edward

Garnier, Mark

Gauke, David

Ghani, Nusrat

Gibb, Nick

Gillan, rh Mrs Cheryl

Glen, John

Goodwill, Robert

Gove, rh Michael

Graham, Richard

Grant, Helen

Grayling, rh Chris


Green, Chris

Green, rh Damian


Grieve, rh Mr Dominic

Griffiths, Andrew

Gummer, Ben

Gyimah, Mr Sam

Halfon, rh Robert


Hall, Luke

Hammond, Stephen

Hancock, rh Matthew

Hands, rh Greg

Harper, rh Mr Mark


Harrington, Richard


Harris, Rebecca

Hart, Simon

Haselhurst, rh Sir Alan

Heald, Sir Oliver

Heappey, James

Heaton-Harris, Chris

Heaton-Jones, Peter

Henderson, Gordon

Herbert, rh Nick

Hinds, Damian

Hollobone, Philip

Holloway, Adam

Hopkins, Kris

Howarth, Sir Gerald


Howell, John

Howlett, Ben

Huddleston, Nigel

Hunt, rh Mr Jeremy

Hurd, Nick

Jackson, Stewart


Javid, rh Sajid

Jayawardena, Ranil

Jenkin, Bernard

Jenkyns, Andrea

Jenrick, Robert

Johnson, Boris

Johnson, Gareth

Johnson, Joseph

Jones, Andrew


Jones, rh Mr David

Jones, Mr Marcus


Kawczynski, Daniel

Kennedy, Seema

Kirby, Simon

Knight, rh Sir Greg

Knight, Julian

Kwarteng, Kwasi

Lancaster, Mark


Latham, Pauline

Leadsom, Andrea

Lee, Dr Phillip

Lefroy, Jeremy


Leigh, Sir Edward


Leslie, Charlotte

Letwin, rh Mr Oliver


Lewis, Brandon

Lewis, rh Dr Julian

Liddell-Grainger, Mr Ian

Lidington, rh Mr David

Lilley, rh Mr Peter

Lopresti, Jack

Lord, Jonathan

Loughton, Tim

Lumley, Karen

Mackinlay, Craig


Mackintosh, David

Main, Anne

Mak, Alan

Malthouse, Kit

Mann, Scott

May, rh Mrs Theresa

Maynard, Paul

McCartney, Karl

McLoughlin, rh Mr Patrick

McPartland, Stephen

Menzies, Mark

Merriman, Huw

Metcalfe, Stephen

Miller, rh Mrs Maria


Milling, Amanda

Mills, Nigel

Milton, rh Anne

Mordaunt, Penny

Morgan, rh Nicky

Morris, AnneMarie


Morris, David

Morris, James

Morton, Wendy

Mowat, David

Murray, Sheryll

Murrison, Dr Andrew

Newton, Sarah

Nokes, Caroline

Norman, Jesse

Nuttall, David


Offord, Dr Matthew

Opperman, Guy

Parish, Neil

Patel, rh Priti

Paterson, rh Mr Owen

Pawsey, Mark

Penning, rh Mike

Penrose, John

Percy, Andrew

Perry, Claire

Philp, Chris

Pickles, rh Sir Eric

Pincher, Christopher


Poulter, Dr Daniel

Pow, Rebecca

Prentis, Victoria


Prisk, Mark

Pritchard, Mark

Pursglove, Tom

Quin, Jeremy

Raab, Dominic

Redwood, rh John

Rees-Mogg, Jacob


Robertson, Laurence

Robinson, Mary

Rosindell, Andrew

Rudd, rh Amber

Rutley, David

Sandbach, Antoinette

Scully, Paul

Selous, Andrew

Shapps, rh Grant

Sharma, Alok

Shelbrooke, Alec

Simpson, rh Mr Keith

Skidmore, Chris

Smith, Chloe

Smith, Henry


Smith, Julian


Smith, Royston

Soames, rh Sir Nicholas

Solloway, Amanda

Soubry, rh Anna


Spelman, rh Mrs Caroline


Spencer, Mark

Stephenson, Andrew

Stevenson, John

Stewart, Bob

Stewart, Iain

Stewart, Rory

Streeter, Gary

Stride, Mel

Stuart, Graham

Sturdy, Julian

Sunak, Rishi

Swayne, rh Mr Desmond

Swire, rh Mr Hugo


Syms, Robert


Thomas, Derek


Throup, Maggie

Timpson, Edward

Tolhurst, Kelly

Tomlinson, Justin


Tomlinson, Michael

Tracey, Craig


Tredinnick, David

Trevelyan, Anne-Marie

Truss, rh Elizabeth

Tugendhat, Tom


Turner, Andrew

Tyrie, rh Mr Andrew

Vaizey, Edward

Vara, Shailesh

Vickers, Martin


Villiers, rh Mrs Theresa

Walker, Charles

Walker, Robin

Warman, Matt

Watkinson, Dame Angela

Whately, Helen

Wheeler, Heather

White, Chris

Whittaker, Craig

Whittingdale, rh Mr John

Wiggin, Bill

Williams, Craig

Williamson, rh Gavin

Wilson, Rob

Wollaston, Dr Sarah

Wood, Mike

Wragg, William

Wright, rh Jeremy

**Democratic Unionist Party (2)
**

Campbell, Gregory

Shannon, Jim

**UKIP (1)
**

Carswell, Mr Douglas

Ulster Unionist Party (2)


Elliott, Tom

Kinahan, Danny

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