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These are the 20 Labour MPs who just rebelled against Jeremy Corbyn

The MPs did not oppose George Osborne's law banning the government from borrowing to fund infrastructure during normal times

Jon Stone
Thursday 15 October 2015 08:43 BST
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Labour opposed George Osborne's fiscal rule
Labour opposed George Osborne's fiscal rule (PA)

On Wednesday Labour voted against George Osborne’s fiscal charter, which introduces a law to ban governments from borrowing money to fund infrastructure, housing or public services during normal times.

A group of 20 MPs from Labour’s right wing however felt they could not vote against the Conservative proposal and instead abstained – handing Jeremy Corbyn his first rebellion as leader.

Unusually, Labour’s whips’ office release a full list of rebels immediately after the vote.

The 20 Labour MPs who rebelled on the charter are:

Rushanara Ali 
Ian Austin 
Adrian Bailey 
Ben Bradshaw 
Ann Coffey 
Simon Danczuk 
Chris Evans 
Frank Field 
Mike Gapes 
Margaret Hodge 
Tristram Hunt 
Graham Jones 
Helen Jones 
Liz Kendall 
Chris Leslie 
Fiona MacTaggart 
Shabana Mahmood 
Jamie Reed 
Graham Stringer 
Gisela Stuart

Note: The list originally handed out by the Labour whips' office originally included Oxford MP Andrew Smith - this was a mistake, he did not rebel

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