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Aug 9, 2017 · 3 min read

Pro-Brexit MPs backing Theresa May, not their voters

Many Conservative and Labour MPs are refusing to represent their pro-Remain electorates on the issue of Brexit.

Instead, they back the “hard” Brexit planned by Theresa May, which involves leaving the European Union’s single market and customs union. May says this is “the will of the people”, and Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader of the opposition, agrees.

Some Labour MPs have defied Corbyn and backed a call by Labour MP Chuka Umunna for the UK to remain in the single market and customs union. This would allow the UK to trade with the rest of the EU as it does now, while retaining freedom of movement for EU citizens and possibly paying less to the EU, but losing its voting rights. Pro-Brexit MPs argue this would not deliver on the referendum.

Chuka Umunna MP

However, most Labour MPs and all Conservative MPs (except Ken Clarke, MP for Rushcliffe) have backed Theresa May’s “hard” Brexit.

From a list of constituencies where the Remain vote has been confirmed (Source: secondreading.uk) here are the MPs, Conservative and Labour, who have refused to reflect the majority view of their electorates.

Bim Afolami, Conservative, Hitchin and Harpenden

Bob Blackman, Conservative, Harrow East

Bambos Charalambous, Labour, Enfield Southgate

Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Islington North, Leader of the Opposition

Robert Courts, Conservative, Witney

Thangam Debbonaire, Labour, Bristol West

Angela Eagle, Labour, Wallasey

Preet Gill, Labour Co-op, Birmingham Edgbaston

Cheryl Gillan, Conservative, Chesham and Amersham

Roger Godsiff, Labour, Birmingham Hall Green

Lilian Greenwood, Labour, Nottingham South

Margaret Greenwood, Labour, Wirral West

Stephen Hammond, Conservative, Wimbledon

Kate Hoey, Labour, Vauxhall

Shabana Mahmood, Labour, Birmingham Ladywood

Steve McCabe, Labour, Birmingham Selly Oak

Siobhain McDonagh, Labour, Mitcham and Morden

Bob Neill, Conservative, Bromley and Chislehurst

Kate Osamor, Labour Co-op, Edmonton

Matthew Pennycock, Labour, Greenwich and Woolwich

Chris Philp, Conservative, Croydon South

Stephen Pound, Labour, Ealing North

Steve Reed, Labour Co-op, Croydon North

Mary Robinson, Conservative, Cheadle

Joan Ryan, Labour, Enfield North

Naz Shah, Labour, Bradford West

Karin Smyth, Labour, Bristol South

Keir Starmer, Labour, Holborn and St Pancras, Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the EU

Emily Thornberry, Labour, Islington South and Finsbury, Shadow Foreign Secretary

This list covers the 169 of the 650 UK parliamentary constituencies whose votes at the referendum have been confirmed. Source: secondreading.uk

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