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In full: Heathrow rebel MPs

The government has won a vote on its plans to build a third runway at Heathrow airport but saw its majority cut to 19.

A total of 28 Labour MPs rebelled to vote for a Conservative/Lib Dem motion urging the government to "rethink" its plans. They were:

  • Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington)
  • Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead)
  • Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North)
  • Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central)
  • Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras)
  • David Drew (Stroud)
  • Frank Field (Birkenhead)
  • Paul Flynn (Newport West)
  • Ian Gibson (Norwich North)
  • John Grogan (Selby)
  • Kate Hoey (Vauxhall)
  • Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North)
  • Lynne Jones (Birmingham Selly Oak)
  • Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool Walton)
  • John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington)
  • Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock)
  • Bob Marshall-Andrews (Medway)
  • Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton)
  • George Mudie (Leeds East)
  • Chris Mullin (Sunderland South)
  • Gordon Prentice (Pendle)
  • Nick Raynsford (Greenwich & Woolwich)
  • Martin Salter (Reading West)
  • Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall)
  • Alan Simpson (Nottingham South)
  • Andrew Slaughter (Ealing Acton & Shepherd's Bush)
  • Andrew Smith (Oxford East)
  • David Taylor (Leicestershire North West)


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