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H.M.S. Mediator about to attack an enemy convoy off Cape Ortegal, 12th December 1782 (detail), circle of Robert Cleveley, late 18th century (Wikimedia Commons).

Jeffery Raigersfield, son of Baron de Raigersfield, joined HMS Mediator in 1783 as a 12-year-old captain's servant (midshipman) under Captain Cuthbert Collingwood. Raigersfield's nice kit attracted the wrong kind of attention:

He soon noticed that his large chest of clothes, ‘which included ten pounds that was in it, in halfpence and silver, cost my parents one hundred pounds’, began to attract the attention of his messmates whenever he went to unlock it. To begin with it was so full that ‘assistance was necessary to close the lid down before it could be locked up’, but it was not so long before he could close it without help, ‘for I began to lose my clothes, and no one knew anything about them’. [...]

He wrote sorrowfully that ‘as to the mess things that I brought on board in my chest, such as tea, sugar &c, they had been consumed long before for the common good, and my pewter washhand basin, the only visible remains of my more than ample fitting out, was only mine when others were not using it’.

— Dudley Pope, Life in Nelson’s Navy

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[ltwilliammowett]

H.M.S. Mediator about to attack an enemy convoy off Cape Ortegal, 12th December 1782, by circle of Robert Cleveley (1747-1809)

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[marryat92]

As no detailed life of Marryat was written until long after his death, when no witnesses were left who could speak with knowledge, there is an almost absolute want of evidence as to the character and probable influence of his family life. If we are to argue from his stories, it was hardly to be called happy.

— David Hannay, Life of Frederick Marryat

High water in the Pool of London, drawing by Robert Cleveley (1747-1809). Marryat was born on Tower Hill, London, above the Pool of London, and would have seen scenes like this one in his early childhood.

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[biofunmy]

Gary Regan, Maestro of Mixology and Cocktail Culture, Dies at 68

He applied eyeliner as an affectation, supposedly to remind bartenders to look customers in the eye. He moved from New York City to Cornwall-on-Hudson, about 65 miles to the north. He called himself “gaz,” a singularly lowercase version of the English diminutive for Gary.

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The Negroni — gin, Campari, sweet vermouth and an orange peel twist — was Mr. Regan’s signature drink. His book on the subject was published in 2013.Credit….

And to speed up service at a bistro in Cognac, France, he put an imprint on his signature cocktail, the Negroni (gin, Campari, sweet vermouth, an orange peel twist), by wielding one of his index fingers as a swizzle stick in a row of the drinks ready for waiting customers. (The retailer Cocktail Kingdom now sells a bar spoon in the life-size shape of his finger, either gold-plated or in stainless steel.)

In “A Proper Drink: The Untold Story of How a Band of Bartenders Saved the Civilized Drinking World” (2016), Robert Simonson characterized Mr. Regan as “a bon vivant eccentric, a devil-may-care libertine as blissfully unconcerned with his reputation as your average aging rock star.”

“He is an unlikely authority figure — more barfly than bar scholar,” Mr. Simonson wrote. “But an authority figure he nonetheless is, one of the accepted grand old men of the cocktail resurgence. He achieved this status primarily because he got there first.”

Gary Lee Regan was born on Sept. 18, 1951, in Rochdale, a town in Greater Manchester, England, to parents who ran two pubs in nearby towns, the Prince Rupert in Bolton and the Bay Horse in Cleveleys.

After training as a chef at Courtfield Catering College in Blackpool, he ran a bistro with his wife, Norma. They divorced after about two years of marriage, and he moved to New York in 1973, when he was 22.

A friend from Bolton hired Mr. Regan to tend an Upper East Side bar in Manhattan, after which he became manager of the North Star Pub at South Street Seaport. There he was schooled in the fine points of barroom banter by observing a customer, a Scotsman, who would pore over reference books on whiskey over lunch so that he could later impress friends with his knowledge.

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[ltwilliammowett]

An Admirals’ Conference off the Isle of Wight, 1800, by Robert Cleveley (1747 - 1809)

#naval art #admirals conference #1800 #age of sail

[ltwilliammowett]

Combat between men o' war

To get at an enemy ship was a challenge in itself and required more than just shooting at each other. Most of the time, the hunt came first before the actual battle. Here are a few techniques that were used during a battle.

Chasing When threatened with defeat, retreat was always an option. Several factors needed to be considered in pursuit: in an open sea, the captain chasing would be at a disadventage if his was a square rigged ship chasing a fore and aft rigged vessel: when chasing a vessel to windward, it was advisable to tack as soon as the chase was directly on the beam.

Night Suspect, by Montague Dawson (1895-1973) - A Coast Guard vessel chases a smuggler (x)

Pursuing downwind, a captain would generally attempt to intersect the chase rather than follow directly, hoping not to lose his target through poor visibility or in darkness. If the captain in pursuit had a superior- handling vessel, his opponent would almost certainly want to hold a straight course, knowing that he could be out-tacked by the better ship. He could perhaps hope to lose his pursuer in poor visibility, or in darkness.

Raking Raking the enemy meant to fire guns at an enemy vessel's stern, which was the weakest part of the ship.

The Victory raking the Spanish Salvador del Mundo at the Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797, by Robert Cleveley 1798 (x) 

The shot could easily penetrate the oak at that point and continue on through the ship, obliterating men and supplies, and potentially damaging and disruoting the target vessel's armament.

Range of Combat Though cannonades were sometimes used at long range, once battle had been joined the combat was usually much closer, around 40 yards (c. 37m).

The furious action between HMS Mars and the French '74 Hercule off Brest on 21st April 1798, by John Christian Schetky (1778-1874) (x)

However, the action between the Mars and Hercules in 1794 for example was so close that the cannon muzzles could not be extended outside the ship, and the guns were fired from inside. A gap sufficient to allow the ship to manoeuvred without colliding with the enemy was generally considered an ideal distance.

Broadside to broadside The classic man o war combat position, vessels usually took up this attitude when one or other had failed to rake its opponent.

The last frigate action of the War of 1812: USS President vs. HMS Endymion 14th January 1815, by Thomas Rickards 1815 (x)

The British tended to aim at the hull, while the French targeted the rigging- with the former having a far greater effect on the stability and condition of the vessel.

Boarding  

Once it was done and the enemy ship was ready to be captured, boarding usually took place.

Capture of HMS Ambuscade by the French corvette Bayonnaise, 14 December 1798, by  Louis-Philippe Crépin, 1801 (x)

This meant that an enemy group boarded the enemy ship, engaged in man-to-man combat (which was not necessary if the opponent had already surrendered) and then made sure that the enemy commander finally surrendered.

Surrender To surrender a vessel was not a crime against Royal Navy articles, but to do so without having offered sufficient or gallant opposition would often be punished severely.

HMS Shannon leading her prize the American Frigate Chesapeake into Halifax Harbour 6th June 1813, by Louis Haghe (1806–1885) (x)

However if the enemy force was to overwhelming, then no more that a token gesture of defence might be offered, such as firing one salvo of cannon, before the surrendering vessel was boarded. To surrender, a vessel would haul down its ensign, and the victorious captain would often take his defeated rivel's sword.

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[ltwilliammowett]

Dear Lieutenant, may I ask what exactly the difference between a boat and a ship is? And would sailors and officers have been offended to have their ships be called boats? Thank you and I hope you are having a good day!

Hi, Well, that depends on how you define it exactly. In the Age of sail, a boat was anything that fitted on a ship and ships were anything that had three or more square rigged masts. Anything below that was a vessel. According to the U.S. Naval Institute, a boat, generally speaking, is small enough to be carried aboard a larger vessel, and a vessel large enough to carry a smaller one is a ship.

Jolly boat for oars or sail. Handsome launch; Tunny; River Thames fishing or Peter Boat; Ships Boat; Patent Boats; A ship's Long Boat, by Robert Pollard, 1808 (x)

The Royal George at Deptford Showing the Launch of the Cambridge, by John I Cleveley, 1757. Here we have boats, a yacht and three warships (x)

Today, you can say that anything smaller than 10m is a boat, anything larger but not ocean going is more like a yacht and anything above and ocean going is a ship. Whether it offends a sailor I can't really say, but most people don't like it when you call their ship a boat because it's a bit degrading.

Well, I hope I could help you a bit and have a nice day.

[ltwilliammowett]

Battle off Cape St. Vincent, 14th February 1797 by William Adolphus Knell (1802-1875)

Spain's obligation to declare war on England and attack it with its fleet resulted from the Treaty of Alliance of San Ildefonso with France of 18 August 1796. Spain declared war on England in October 1796 and made the British position in the Mediterranean untenable. The combined Franco-Spanish fleet of 38 ships of the line greatly outnumbered the British Mediterranean fleet of 15 ships of the line and forced the latter to abandon their positions on Corsica and Elba. In the spring of 1797, the Spanish fleet with 27 ships of the line lay in Cartagena with the intention of continuing to Cadiz and then joining the French fleet at Brest. The Spanish fleet under Don José de Córdoba left Cartagena on 1 February and would probably have reached Cadiz safely if the Levante, an easterly wind, had not driven the fleet further out into the Atlantic than planned. When the wind died down, the fleet resumed its course for Cadiz.

Meanwhile, the British Mediterranean fleet under Admiral John Jervis left the port of Lisbon with 10 ships of the line to intercept the Spanish fleet. On 6 February 1797, another five ships of the line from the Channel Fleet under Rear Admiral William Parker reinforced the British squadron.

The Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797, by Robert Cleveley (1747–1809) (x)

By dawn on 14 February 1797, the British fleet was in attack position. Admiral Jervis realised that his fleet was outnumbered by the Spanish. However, it would have been difficult to withdraw at this point. Moreover, Jervis knew that a union of the Spanish and French fleets would be even more dangerous. To the British's advantage, the Spanish were not yet ready to attack. Their fleet was still divided into two groups, while the British ships were already in lined-up battle formation. Jervis decided to sail between the two groups to minimise enemy fire and to be able to fire on both sides himself. While passing between the two groups, the larger group was able to turn and move off in almost the opposite direction, while the smaller group was in a similar position. Jervis ordered his ships to turn to intercept the larger group before they could reach Cadiz.

Nelson was at the rear of the British fleet on his ship, the Captain, and was closest to the large group of Spanish ships. He concluded that the manoeuvre ordered would not allow the British ships to catch up with the Spanish. He ignored the order, sheered out of the formation and turned earlier so that he could reach the group more quickly. This brought him directly in front of the Spanish ships. When Jervis saw the captain's manoeuvre, he ordered his last ship, the Excellent, to do the same. At the same time, the first ships of the formation had completed their manoeuvre and were within firing range of the Spanish ships.

Battle of Cape St.Vincent, 14 February 1797, by Sir William Allan  c.1850 (x)

The Captain was now exposed to fire from six Spanish ships, three of which were three-deckers with 122 guns and Córdoba's flagship, the Santissima Trinidad, with 130 guns. So much of the rigging on the Captain was soon destroyed that she was almost unable to manoeuvre. Nelson then steered close to the San Nicolás to board the enemy ship. Meanwhile, on the Excellent, Captain Collingwood attacked the 112-gun San José, which was already so close to the San Nicolás that Nelson ordered his crew to board the second Spanish ship over the first. Both ships were boarded. This manoeuvre was so unusual and admired in the Royal Navy that it was soon referred to as "Nelson's patented bridge for boarding an enemy ship".

Nelson Boarding the San Josef at the Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797, by George Jones (x)

The Spanish were eventually able to break away, ending the battle. Jervis transferred to the Irresistible - on which Nelson now found himself, now that the Captain was no longer able to manoeuvre - and paid tribute to Nelson's refusal to obey orders. He pointed out that the manoeuvre would have been suicidal had the Spaniards been better trained.

The next day, the Spaniards were sighted again. They retreated as the British set course for them. A few days later, the damaged Santissima Trinidad was sighted on her way to Spain and attacked by the frigate Terpsichore. But she managed to escape.

Nelson receiving the surrender of the San Nicolas, 14 February 1797, by Richard Westall 1806 (x)

The British counted 73 dead, 227 seriously wounded and 100 lightly wounded. The Spanish had about 1,000 wounded or dead. The Spanish ships of the line Salvador del Mundo, San José, San Nicolás and San Ysidro were laid up.

Jervis was elevated to Earl of St Vincent and became First Lord of the Admiralty. Nelson was ennobled as Knight Companion of the Bath and promoted to Rear Admiral. Cordoba was discharged from the Spanish Navy and was no longer allowed to appear at the Royal Court.

After proving that the capabilities of his fleet were superior to the Spanish fleet, Jervis ordered a blockade off Cadiz Bay to keep the Spanish there. The blockade was maintained for three years and successfully limited the Spanish fleet's ability to act until the Peace of Amiens in 1802. The containment of the Spanish threat and the increase in his fleet strength enabled Jervis to send a squadron under Nelson to the Mediterranean the following year. This squadron, including Saumarez's Orion, Troubridge's Culloden, Ball's Alexander and the Goliath under Thomas Foley, restored the Royal Navy's supremacy in the Mediterranean at the naval battle of Abukir.

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[marryat92]

Such a change has taken place since I can first recollect Greenwich, that it will be somewhat difficult for me to make the reader aware of my localities. Narrow streets have been pulled down, handsome buildings erected—new hotels in lieu of small inns—gay shops have now usurped those which were furnished only with articles necessary for the outfit of the seamen.

— Frederick Marryat, Poor Jack

Near Greenwich; view from the water, ink and watercolour by Robert Cleveley (1747-1809)

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[ltwilliammowett]

HMS Mediator about to attack an enemy convoy off Cape Ortegal, 12th December 1782, by Circle of Robert Cleveley (1747-1809)

Mediator, a fifth rate with 44-guns, was launched in March 1782. Completed and commissioned under Captain John Luttrell later the same year, when the American War of Independence was still in progress, she was cruising off Cape Ortegal, on the north-west coast of Spain, when she sighted a valuable enemy convoy of five ships on 12th December (1782).

Although mostly storeships, all were armed and each shortened sail as they awaited the arrival of the Mediator sensing an easy victory. In the event, Luttrell's bold tactics enabled him to capture three of the enemy, including the 34-gun Menagere, without the loss of a single man. Mediator was renamed Camel in 1788 and survived until broken up in 1810.

#naval art #hms mediator #1792 #convoy action #age of sail

[ltwilliammowett]

Captain's paintings or Ship Portrait

These kind of paintings belonged to a special kind of marine paintings and were not meant to put the captain in a good pose but his ship. The genre probably originated around the middle of the 18th century in Italy, when some talented craftsmen were looking for a new source of income. In the harbours, these artists approached the officers and captains of the merchant and warships and offered to produce lifelike images of these ships.

An East Indiaman in Three Positions by John Cleveley the Elder

Most captain's paintings show the ship in side view under full sails. Sometimes the same ship appears even several times from different angles on the picture. Beside the traditional side view there is a stern view. The sea is sometimes calm, sometimes moving. Dramatic scenes such as accidents or sea storms are rare. Often other ships are to be seen in the background, also harbours or coastal sections were gladly represented.  Frequently the names of the ship and the captain are to be found at the lower edge. All common types of ships were depicted except for small vessels and fishing vessels, which were very rarely depicted as the main motif.

Frigate & 40 canons by Antoine Roux

The painters usually remain anonymous. Occasionally signatures or initials can be found in the pictures, but they can rarely be assigned to concrete artists. The  french Roux family is particularly noteworthy here. They depicted numerous ships in numerous paintings, but most of them lack detailed descriptions. The creators of these ship portraits, which had so far received little attention from academic art historians, saw themselves mainly as craftsmen, and the genre rarely claimed to be "art".  However, there are also high-ranking artists among the ship painters. For example, the Englishman John Huggins (1781-1845) was able to work his way up to court painter.

The East Indiaman 'Atlas' by John Huggins, 1822

Since the representations were made "by experts for experts", the technical details are usually reproduced extremely correctly. Often the artists made use of the sail tears or rigging plans of the models. For this reason, the pictures are also regarded as valuable cultural-historical sources on the history of seafaring, on which long disappeared ship types were accurately documented. Even the crews sometimes depicted are not mere staffage; the activities depicted are always clearly identifiable.

The Cassandra by Luigi Robert, 1864

Occasionally the ship portraits were also executed in other artistic techniques. Here embroideries or half models made of different materials can be mentioned. A special feature are also the Flemish reverse glass paintings, which were mainly painted in Ostend and Antwerp. Captain's pictures also appear on the portraits of captains and shipowners in the offices and living rooms of the trading towns. Real ship portraits - now lost - were often documented here. 

The steamboat Lauenburg of Captain J. Burmester in Hamburg by unkown

These paintings reached their peak in the 19th century, although there were still some in the 20th century. But with the introduction of photography this paintings were actually no longer necessary and lost more and more interest and almost disappeared. But even today a captain's picture is still commissioned from a marine painter. These paintings are very interesting because they give a very good view into the design of the ships, but unfortunately it is very difficult to find out which ship it is, if it is not descripted. Often these kind of pictures are also the only representation of a ship.

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Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty), 

Adam Afriyie (Windsor), 

Peter Aldous (Waveney), 

Lucy Allan (Telford),

David Amess (Southend West), 

Stuart Andrew (Pudsey), 

Edward Argar (Charnwood), 

Victoria Atkins (Louth and Horncastle), 

Richard Bacon (South Norfolk), 

Kemi Badenoch (Saffron Walden), 

Steve Baker (Wycombe), 

Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire), 

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire), 

John Baron (Basildon and Billericay), 

Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk), 

Paul Beresford (Mole Valley), 

Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen), 

Bob Blackman (Harrow East), 

Crispin Blunt (Reigate), 

Peter Bone (Wellingborough), 

Peter Bottomley (Worthing West), 

Andrew Bowie (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine), 

Ben Bradley (Mansfield), 

Karen Bradley (Staffordshire Moorlands),

Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West), 

Suella Braverman (Fareham), Jack Brereton (Stoke-on-Trent South), 

Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire), 

Steve Brine (Winchester), 

James Brokenshire (Old Bexley and Sidcup), 

Fiona Bruce (Congleton), 

Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar), 

Conor Burns (Bournemouth West), 

Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan), 

James Cartlidge (South Suffolk), 

William Cash (Stone), 

Maria Caulfield (Lewes), 

Alex Chalk (Cheltenham), 

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham), 

Christopher Chope (Christchurch), 

Jo Churchill (Bury St Edmunds), 

Colin Clark (Gordon), 

Simon Clarke (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland), 

James Cleverly (Braintree), 

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds), 

Therese Coffey (Suffolk Coastal), 

Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe), 

Robert Courts (Witney), 

Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon), 

Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford), 

Chris Davies (Brecon and Radnorshire),

David T. C. Davies (Monmouth),

Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire),

Mims Davies (Eastleigh), 

Philip Davies (Shipley), 

David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden), 

Caroline Dinenage (Gosport), 

Leo Docherty (Aldershot), Michelle Donelan (Chippenham), 

Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire), 

Steve Double (St Austell and Newquay), 

Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere), 

Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock), 

Richard Drax (South Dorset), 

James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East), 

David Duguid (Banff and Buchan), 

Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green), 

Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton), 

Philip Dunne (Ludlow), 

Michael Ellis (Northampton North), 

Charlie Elphicke (Dover), 

George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth), 

Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley), 

David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford), 

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield), 

Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks), 

Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster), 

Kevin Foster (Torbay), 

Liam Fox (North Somerset), 

Mark Francois (Rayleigh and Wickford), 

Lucy Frazer (South East Cambridgeshire), 

Marcus Fysh (Yeovil), 

Roger Gale (North Thanet), 

Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest), 

Nusrat Ghani (Wealden), 

Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton), 

Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham), 

John Glen (Salisbury), 

Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park),

Robert Goodwill (Scarborough and Whitby), 

Michael Gove (Surrey Heath), 

Luke Graham (Ochil and South Perthshire), 

Bill Grant (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock), 

Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald),

James Gray (North Wiltshire), 

Chris Grayling (Epsom and Ewell), 

Chris Green (Bolton West), 

Andrew Griffiths (Burton), 

Kirstene Hair (Angus), 

Robert Halfon (Harlow), 

Luke Hall (Thornbury and Yate), 

Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge), 

Matt Hancock (West Suffolk), 

Greg Hands (Chelsea and Fulham), 

Mark Harper (Forest of Dean), 

Rebecca Harris (Castle Point), 

Trudy Harrison (Copeland), 

Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire), 

John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings), 

James Heappey (Wells),

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry), 

Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey), 

Nick Herbert (Arundel and South Downs), 

Damian Hinds (East Hampshire), 

George Hollingbery (Meon Valley), 

Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton), 

Philip Hollobone (Kettering), Adam Holloway (Gravesham), 

John Howell (Henley), 

Eddie Hughes (Walsall North),

Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey), 

Nick Hurd (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner), 

Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove), 

Ranil Jayawardena (North East Hampshire),

Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex), 

Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood), 

Robert Jenrick (Newark), 

Boris Johnson (Uxbridge and South Ruislip), 

Caroline Johnson (Sleaford and North Hykeham), 

Gareth Johnson (Dartford), 

Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough), 

David Jones (Clwyd West), 

Marcus Jones (Nuneaton), 

Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham), 

Gillian Keegan (Chichester), Seema Kennedy (South Ribble), 

Stephen Kerr (Stirling), Julian Knight (Solihull), 

Greg Knight (East Yorkshire), 

Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne), 

John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk),

Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North), 

Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire), 

Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire), 

Edward Leigh (Gainsborough), 

Andrew Lewer (Northampton South), 

Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth), 

Julian Lewis (New Forest East),

Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater and West Somerset), 

David Lidington (Aylesbury), 

Julia Lopez (Hornchurch and Upminster), 

Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke), 

Jonathan Lord (Woking), 

Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham), 

Craig Mackinlay (South Thanet), 

Rachel Maclean (Redditch), 

Anne Main (St Albans), 

Alan Mak (Havant), 

Kit Malthouse (North West Hampshire), 

Scott Mann (North Cornwall), 

Theresa May (Maidenhead), 

Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys),

Patrick McLoughlin (Derbyshire Dales), 

Stephen McPartland (Stevenage), 

Esther McVey (Tatton), 

Mark Menzies (Fylde), 

Johnny Mercer (Plymouth, Moor View), 

Huw Merriman (Bexhill and Battle), 

Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock), 

Maria Miller (Basingstoke), 

Amanda Milling (Cannock Chase), 

Nigel Mills (Amber Valley), 

Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield), 

Damien Moore (Southport), 

Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North), 

Nicky Morgan (Loughborough), 

Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot), 

David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale), 

James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis),

Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills), 

Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall), 

Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire), 

Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst), 

Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North),

Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire), 

Neil O’Brien (Harborough), 

Matthew Offord (Hendon), 

Guy Opperman (Hexham), 

Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton),

Priti Patel (Witham), 

Owen Paterson (North Shropshire), 

Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead), 

John Penrose (Weston-super-Mare), 

Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole), 

Chris Philp (Croydon South), 

Christopher Pincher (Tamworth), 

Dan Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich), 

Rebecca Pow (Taunton Deane), 

Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford), 

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin), 

Tom Pursglove (Corby), 

Will Quince (Colchester), 

Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton), 

John Redwood (Wokingham), 

Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset), 

Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury), 

Mary Robinson (Cheadle), 

Andrew Rosindell (Romford), 

Douglas Ross (Moray), 

Lee Rowley (North East Derbyshire), 

David Rutley (Macclesfield), 

Paul Scully (Sutton and Cheam), 

Bob Seely (Isle of Wight), 

Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire), 

Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield),

Alok Sharma (Reading West), 

Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell), 

Chris Skidmore (Kingswood), 

Chloe Smith (Norwich North),

Henry Smith (Crawley), 

Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon), 

Royston Smith (Southampton, Itchen), 

Mark Spencer (Sherwood), 

Andrew Stephenson (Pendle), 

John Stevenson (Carlisle), 

Bob Stewart (Beckenham), 

Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South),

Rory Stewart (Penrith and The Border), 

Mel Stride (Central Devon), 

Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness), 

Julian Sturdy (York Outer), 

Rishi Sunak (Richmond (Yorks)), 

Desmond Swayne (New Forest West), 

Hugo Swire (East Devon), 

Robert Syms (Poole), 

Derek Thomas (St Ives), 

Ross Thomson (Aberdeen South), 

Maggie Throup (Erewash), 

Kelly Tolhurst (Rochester and Strood), 

Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon),

Michael Tomlinson (Mid Dorset and North Poole), 

Craig Tracey (North Warwickshire), 

David Tredinnick (Bosworth), 

Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Berwick-upon-Tweed), 

Elizabeth Truss (South West Norfolk), 

Tom Tugendhat (Tonbridge and Malling), 

Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire), 

Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes), 

Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet), 

Charles Walker (Broxbourne), 

Robin Walker (Worcester), 

Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North), 

David Warburton (Somerton and Frome), 

Matt Warman (Boston and Skegness), 

Giles Watling (Clacton), 

Helen Whately (Faversham and Mid Kent), 

Heather Wheeler (South Derbyshire), 

Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley), 

John Whittingdale (Maldon), 

Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire), 

Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire), 

Mike Wood (Dudley South), 

William Wragg (Hazel Grove), 

Jeremy Wright (Kenilworth and Southam), 

Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon). 

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Tory No Votes (265) 

Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty), 

Adam Afriyie (Windsor), 

Peter Aldous (Waveney), 

Lucy Allan (Telford),

David Amess (Southend West), 

Stuart Andrew (Pudsey), 

Edward Argar (Charnwood), 

Victoria Atkins (Louth and Horncastle), 

Richard Bacon (South Norfolk), 

Kemi Badenoch (Saffron Walden), 

Steve Baker (Wycombe), 

Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire), 

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire), 

John Baron (Basildon and Billericay), 

Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk), 

Paul Beresford (Mole Valley), 

Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen), 

Bob Blackman (Harrow East), 

Crispin Blunt (Reigate), 

Peter Bone (Wellingborough), 

Peter Bottomley (Worthing West), 

Andrew Bowie (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine), 

Ben Bradley (Mansfield), 

Karen Bradley (Staffordshire Moorlands),

Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West), 

Suella Braverman (Fareham), Jack Brereton (Stoke-on-Trent South), 

Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire), 

Steve Brine (Winchester), 

James Brokenshire (Old Bexley and Sidcup), 

Fiona Bruce (Congleton), 

Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar), 

Conor Burns (Bournemouth West), 

Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan), 

James Cartlidge (South Suffolk), 

William Cash (Stone), 

Maria Caulfield (Lewes), 

Alex Chalk (Cheltenham), 

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham), 

Christopher Chope (Christchurch), 

Jo Churchill (Bury St Edmunds), 

Colin Clark (Gordon), 

Simon Clarke (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland), 

James Cleverly (Braintree), 

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds), 

Therese Coffey (Suffolk Coastal), 

Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe), 

Robert Courts (Witney), 

Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon), 

Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford), 

Chris Davies (Brecon and Radnorshire),

David T. C. Davies (Monmouth),

Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire),

Mims Davies (Eastleigh), 

Philip Davies (Shipley), 

David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden), 

Caroline Dinenage (Gosport), 

Leo Docherty (Aldershot), Michelle Donelan (Chippenham), 

Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire), 

Steve Double (St Austell and Newquay), 

Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere), 

Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock), 

Richard Drax (South Dorset), 

James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East), 

David Duguid (Banff and Buchan), 

Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green), 

Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton), 

Philip Dunne (Ludlow), 

Michael Ellis (Northampton North), 

Charlie Elphicke (Dover), 

George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth), 

Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley), 

David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford), 

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield), 

Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks), 

Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster), 

Kevin Foster (Torbay), 

Liam Fox (North Somerset), 

Mark Francois (Rayleigh and Wickford), 

Lucy Frazer (South East Cambridgeshire), 

Marcus Fysh (Yeovil), 

Roger Gale (North Thanet), 

Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest), 

Nusrat Ghani (Wealden), 

Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton), 

Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham), 

John Glen (Salisbury), 

Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park),

Robert Goodwill (Scarborough and Whitby), 

Michael Gove (Surrey Heath), 

Luke Graham (Ochil and South Perthshire), 

Bill Grant (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock), 

Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald),

James Gray (North Wiltshire), 

Chris Grayling (Epsom and Ewell), 

Chris Green (Bolton West), 

Andrew Griffiths (Burton), 

Kirstene Hair (Angus), 

Robert Halfon (Harlow), 

Luke Hall (Thornbury and Yate), 

Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge), 

Matt Hancock (West Suffolk), 

Greg Hands (Chelsea and Fulham), 

Mark Harper (Forest of Dean), 

Rebecca Harris (Castle Point), 

Trudy Harrison (Copeland), 

Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire), 

John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings), 

James Heappey (Wells),

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry), 

Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey), 

Nick Herbert (Arundel and South Downs), 

Damian Hinds (East Hampshire), 

George Hollingbery (Meon Valley), 

Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton), 

Philip Hollobone (Kettering), Adam Holloway (Gravesham), 

John Howell (Henley), 

Eddie Hughes (Walsall North),

Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey), 

Nick Hurd (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner), 

Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove), 

Ranil Jayawardena (North East Hampshire),

Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex), 

Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood), 

Robert Jenrick (Newark), 

Boris Johnson (Uxbridge and South Ruislip), 

Caroline Johnson (Sleaford and North Hykeham), 

Gareth Johnson (Dartford), 

Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough), 

David Jones (Clwyd West), 

Marcus Jones (Nuneaton), 

Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham), 

Gillian Keegan (Chichester), Seema Kennedy (South Ribble), 

Stephen Kerr (Stirling), Julian Knight (Solihull), 

Greg Knight (East Yorkshire), 

Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne), 

John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk),

Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North), 

Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire), 

Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire), 

Edward Leigh (Gainsborough), 

Andrew Lewer (Northampton South), 

Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth), 

Julian Lewis (New Forest East),

Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater and West Somerset), 

David Lidington (Aylesbury), 

Julia Lopez (Hornchurch and Upminster), 

Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke), 

Jonathan Lord (Woking), 

Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham), 

Craig Mackinlay (South Thanet), 

Rachel Maclean (Redditch), 

Anne Main (St Albans), 

Alan Mak (Havant), 

Kit Malthouse (North West Hampshire), 

Scott Mann (North Cornwall), 

Theresa May (Maidenhead), 

Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys),

Patrick McLoughlin (Derbyshire Dales), 

Stephen McPartland (Stevenage), 

Esther McVey (Tatton), 

Mark Menzies (Fylde), 

Johnny Mercer (Plymouth, Moor View), 

Huw Merriman (Bexhill and Battle), 

Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock), 

Maria Miller (Basingstoke), 

Amanda Milling (Cannock Chase), 

Nigel Mills (Amber Valley), 

Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield), 

Damien Moore (Southport), 

Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North), 

Nicky Morgan (Loughborough), 

Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot), 

David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale), 

James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis),

Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills), 

Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall), 

Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire), 

Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst), 

Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North),

Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire), 

Neil O’Brien (Harborough), 

Matthew Offord (Hendon), 

Guy Opperman (Hexham), 

Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton),

Priti Patel (Witham), 

Owen Paterson (North Shropshire), 

Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead), 

John Penrose (Weston-super-Mare), 

Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole), 

Chris Philp (Croydon South), 

Christopher Pincher (Tamworth), 

Dan Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich), 

Rebecca Pow (Taunton Deane), 

Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford), 

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin), 

Tom Pursglove (Corby), 

Will Quince (Colchester), 

Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton), 

John Redwood (Wokingham), 

Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset), 

Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury), 

Mary Robinson (Cheadle), 

Andrew Rosindell (Romford), 

Douglas Ross (Moray), 

Lee Rowley (North East Derbyshire), 

David Rutley (Macclesfield), 

Paul Scully (Sutton and Cheam), 

Bob Seely (Isle of Wight), 

Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire), 

Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield),

Alok Sharma (Reading West), 

Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell), 

Chris Skidmore (Kingswood), 

Chloe Smith (Norwich North),

Henry Smith (Crawley), 

Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon), 

Royston Smith (Southampton, Itchen), 

Mark Spencer (Sherwood), 

Andrew Stephenson (Pendle), 

John Stevenson (Carlisle), 

Bob Stewart (Beckenham), 

Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South),

Rory Stewart (Penrith and The Border), 

Mel Stride (Central Devon), 

Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness), 

Julian Sturdy (York Outer), 

Rishi Sunak (Richmond (Yorks)), 

Desmond Swayne (New Forest West), 

Hugo Swire (East Devon), 

Robert Syms (Poole), 

Derek Thomas (St Ives), 

Ross Thomson (Aberdeen South), 

Maggie Throup (Erewash), 

Kelly Tolhurst (Rochester and Strood), 

Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon),

Michael Tomlinson (Mid Dorset and North Poole), 

Craig Tracey (North Warwickshire), 

David Tredinnick (Bosworth), 

Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Berwick-upon-Tweed), 

Elizabeth Truss (South West Norfolk), 

Tom Tugendhat (Tonbridge and Malling), 

Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire), 

Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes), 

Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet), 

Charles Walker (Broxbourne), 

Robin Walker (Worcester), 

Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North), 

David Warburton (Somerton and Frome), 

Matt Warman (Boston and Skegness), 

Giles Watling (Clacton), 

Helen Whately (Faversham and Mid Kent), 

Heather Wheeler (South Derbyshire), 

Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley), 

John Whittingdale (Maldon), 

Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire), 

Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire), 

Mike Wood (Dudley South), 

William Wragg (Hazel Grove), 

Jeremy Wright (Kenilworth and Southam), 

Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon). 

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Tory No Votes (265) 

Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty), 

Adam Afriyie (Windsor), 

Peter Aldous (Waveney), 

Lucy Allan (Telford),

David Amess (Southend West), 

Stuart Andrew (Pudsey), 

Edward Argar (Charnwood), 

Victoria Atkins (Louth and Horncastle), 

Richard Bacon (South Norfolk), 

Kemi Badenoch (Saffron Walden), 

Steve Baker (Wycombe), 

Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire), 

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire), 

John Baron (Basildon and Billericay), 

Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk), 

Paul Beresford (Mole Valley), 

Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen), 

Bob Blackman (Harrow East), 

Crispin Blunt (Reigate), 

Peter Bone (Wellingborough), 

Peter Bottomley (Worthing West), 

Andrew Bowie (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine), 

Ben Bradley (Mansfield), 

Karen Bradley (Staffordshire Moorlands),

Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West), 

Suella Braverman (Fareham), Jack Brereton (Stoke-on-Trent South), 

Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire), 

Steve Brine (Winchester), 

James Brokenshire (Old Bexley and Sidcup), 

Fiona Bruce (Congleton), 

Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar), 

Conor Burns (Bournemouth West), 

Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan), 

James Cartlidge (South Suffolk), 

William Cash (Stone), 

Maria Caulfield (Lewes), 

Alex Chalk (Cheltenham), 

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham), 

Christopher Chope (Christchurch), 

Jo Churchill (Bury St Edmunds), 

Colin Clark (Gordon), 

Simon Clarke (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland), 

James Cleverly (Braintree), 

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds), 

Therese Coffey (Suffolk Coastal), 

Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe), 

Robert Courts (Witney), 

Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon), 

Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford), 

Chris Davies (Brecon and Radnorshire),

David T. C. Davies (Monmouth),

Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire),

Mims Davies (Eastleigh), 

Philip Davies (Shipley), 

David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden), 

Caroline Dinenage (Gosport), 

Leo Docherty (Aldershot), Michelle Donelan (Chippenham), 

Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire), 

Steve Double (St Austell and Newquay), 

Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere), 

Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock), 

Richard Drax (South Dorset), 

James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East), 

David Duguid (Banff and Buchan), 

Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green), 

Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton), 

Philip Dunne (Ludlow), 

Michael Ellis (Northampton North), 

Charlie Elphicke (Dover), 

George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth), 

Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley), 

David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford), 

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield), 

Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks), 

Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster), 

Kevin Foster (Torbay), 

Liam Fox (North Somerset), 

Mark Francois (Rayleigh and Wickford), 

Lucy Frazer (South East Cambridgeshire), 

Marcus Fysh (Yeovil), 

Roger Gale (North Thanet), 

Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest), 

Nusrat Ghani (Wealden), 

Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton), 

Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham), 

John Glen (Salisbury), 

Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park),

Robert Goodwill (Scarborough and Whitby), 

Michael Gove (Surrey Heath), 

Luke Graham (Ochil and South Perthshire), 

Bill Grant (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock), 

Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald),

James Gray (North Wiltshire), 

Chris Grayling (Epsom and Ewell), 

Chris Green (Bolton West), 

Andrew Griffiths (Burton), 

Kirstene Hair (Angus), 

Robert Halfon (Harlow), 

Luke Hall (Thornbury and Yate), 

Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge), 

Matt Hancock (West Suffolk), 

Greg Hands (Chelsea and Fulham), 

Mark Harper (Forest of Dean), 

Rebecca Harris (Castle Point), 

Trudy Harrison (Copeland), 

Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire), 

John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings), 

James Heappey (Wells),

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry), 

Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey), 

Nick Herbert (Arundel and South Downs), 

Damian Hinds (East Hampshire), 

George Hollingbery (Meon Valley), 

Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton), 

Philip Hollobone (Kettering), Adam Holloway (Gravesham), 

John Howell (Henley), 

Eddie Hughes (Walsall North),

Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey), 

Nick Hurd (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner), 

Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove), 

Ranil Jayawardena (North East Hampshire),

Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex), 

Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood), 

Robert Jenrick (Newark), 

Boris Johnson (Uxbridge and South Ruislip), 

Caroline Johnson (Sleaford and North Hykeham), 

Gareth Johnson (Dartford), 

Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough), 

David Jones (Clwyd West), 

Marcus Jones (Nuneaton), 

Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham), 

Gillian Keegan (Chichester), Seema Kennedy (South Ribble), 

Stephen Kerr (Stirling), Julian Knight (Solihull), 

Greg Knight (East Yorkshire), 

Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne), 

John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk),

Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North), 

Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire), 

Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire), 

Edward Leigh (Gainsborough), 

Andrew Lewer (Northampton South), 

Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth), 

Julian Lewis (New Forest East),

Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater and West Somerset), 

David Lidington (Aylesbury), 

Julia Lopez (Hornchurch and Upminster), 

Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke), 

Jonathan Lord (Woking), 

Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham), 

Craig Mackinlay (South Thanet), 

Rachel Maclean (Redditch), 

Anne Main (St Albans), 

Alan Mak (Havant), 

Kit Malthouse (North West Hampshire), 

Scott Mann (North Cornwall), 

Theresa May (Maidenhead), 

Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys),

Patrick McLoughlin (Derbyshire Dales), 

Stephen McPartland (Stevenage), 

Esther McVey (Tatton), 

Mark Menzies (Fylde), 

Johnny Mercer (Plymouth, Moor View), 

Huw Merriman (Bexhill and Battle), 

Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock), 

Maria Miller (Basingstoke), 

Amanda Milling (Cannock Chase), 

Nigel Mills (Amber Valley), 

Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield), 

Damien Moore (Southport), 

Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North), 

Nicky Morgan (Loughborough), 

Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot), 

David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale), 

James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis),

Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills), 

Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall), 

Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire), 

Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst), 

Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North),

Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire), 

Neil O’Brien (Harborough), 

Matthew Offord (Hendon), 

Guy Opperman (Hexham), 

Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton),

Priti Patel (Witham), 

Owen Paterson (North Shropshire), 

Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead), 

John Penrose (Weston-super-Mare), 

Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole), 

Chris Philp (Croydon South), 

Christopher Pincher (Tamworth), 

Dan Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich), 

Rebecca Pow (Taunton Deane), 

Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford), 

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin), 

Tom Pursglove (Corby), 

Will Quince (Colchester), 

Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton), 

John Redwood (Wokingham), 

Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset), 

Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury), 

Mary Robinson (Cheadle), 

Andrew Rosindell (Romford), 

Douglas Ross (Moray), 

Lee Rowley (North East Derbyshire), 

David Rutley (Macclesfield), 

Paul Scully (Sutton and Cheam), 

Bob Seely (Isle of Wight), 

Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire), 

Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield),

Alok Sharma (Reading West), 

Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell), 

Chris Skidmore (Kingswood), 

Chloe Smith (Norwich North),

Henry Smith (Crawley), 

Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon), 

Royston Smith (Southampton, Itchen), 

Mark Spencer (Sherwood), 

Andrew Stephenson (Pendle), 

John Stevenson (Carlisle), 

Bob Stewart (Beckenham), 

Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South),

Rory Stewart (Penrith and The Border), 

Mel Stride (Central Devon), 

Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness), 

Julian Sturdy (York Outer), 

Rishi Sunak (Richmond (Yorks)), 

Desmond Swayne (New Forest West), 

Hugo Swire (East Devon), 

Robert Syms (Poole), 

Derek Thomas (St Ives), 

Ross Thomson (Aberdeen South), 

Maggie Throup (Erewash), 

Kelly Tolhurst (Rochester and Strood), 

Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon),

Michael Tomlinson (Mid Dorset and North Poole), 

Craig Tracey (North Warwickshire), 

David Tredinnick (Bosworth), 

Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Berwick-upon-Tweed), 

Elizabeth Truss (South West Norfolk), 

Tom Tugendhat (Tonbridge and Malling), 

Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire), 

Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes), 

Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet), 

Charles Walker (Broxbourne), 

Robin Walker (Worcester), 

Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North), 

David Warburton (Somerton and Frome), 

Matt Warman (Boston and Skegness), 

Giles Watling (Clacton), 

Helen Whately (Faversham and Mid Kent), 

Heather Wheeler (South Derbyshire), 

Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley), 

John Whittingdale (Maldon), 

Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire), 

Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire), 

Mike Wood (Dudley South), 

William Wragg (Hazel Grove), 

Jeremy Wright (Kenilworth and Southam), 

Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon). 

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