Full list of MPs who failed to protect food standards in the Agriculture Bill
By: Jonathan Stevenson
Date: 13 October 2020
Campaigns: Trade
Last night MPs voted by a majority of 53 to remove an amendment from the Agriculture Bill that would have protected British farmers and food standards in future trade deals like the one with the United States.
It followed a second, weaker amendment – which would have strengthened the government’s toothless Trade and Agriculture Commission so that it could help keep chlorinated chicken and other food nasties out of the UK – being ruled out on a technicality and not even being put to a vote.
Both amendments were introduced by the House of Lords last month.
Outrage
The vote has caused outrage because the 2019 Conservative election manifesto promised “In all of our trade negotiations, we will not compromise on our high environmental protection, animal welfare and food standards”.
The government claims it can still be trusted to keep that promise. But if it had no plans to break it, it would have nothing to fear from these protections being put into law.
As the vote was taking place, Channel 4’s Dispatches revealed new evidence of the dangerous levels of contamination found in the US food industry.
One US campaigner told the programme: “‘If this is coming to your country, stop it now. You do not want this.”
How your MP voted
Below is the full list of Conservative MPs who voted with the government to remove this amendment, as well as the 16 Conservative MPs who rebelled and voted to protect food standards. All opposition parties voted to protect them, except for two members of the DUP and one independent.
The bill now goes back to the House of Lords, who could still reinstate further protections, which would give MPs another chance to vote. There is also a Trade Bill going through the Lords, where amendments call for MPs to be given a vote before trade deals can be signed.
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- Read the book: Trade Secrets: The truth about the US trade deal and how we can stop it
The 16 Conservative MPs who SUPPORTED protecting food standards
Listed alphabetically by surname. If you don’t know your MP’s name, put your postcode in here
| Peter Aldous | Conservative | Waveney |
| Tracey Crouch | Conservative | Chatham and Aylesford |
| George Freeman | Conservative | Mid Norfolk |
| Roger Gale | Conservative | North Thanet |
| Simon Hoare | Conservative | North Dorset |
| Neil Hudson | Conservative | Penrith and The Border |
| Jason McCartney | Conservative | Colne Valley |
| Stephen McPartland | Conservative | Stevenage |
| Caroline Nokes | Conservative | Romsey and Southampton North |
| Neil Parish | Conservative | Tiverton and Honiton |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Moray |
| Henry Smith | Conservative | Crawley |
| Julian Sturdy | Conservative | York Outer |
| Theresa Villiers | Conservative | Chipping Barnet |
The 330 MPs who OPPOSED protecting food standards
Listed alphabetically by surname. If you don’t know your MP’s name, put your postcode in here.
| Nigel Adams | Conservative | Selby and Ainsty |
| Bim Afolami | Conservative | Hitchin and Harpenden |
| Adam Afriyie | Conservative | Windsor |
| Imran Ahmad Khan | Conservative | Wakefield |
| Nickie Aiken | Conservative | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Lucy Allan | Conservative | Telford |
| Lee Anderson | Conservative | Ashfield |
| Stuart Anderson | Conservative | Wolverhampton South West |
| Caroline Ansell | Conservative | Eastbourne |
| Edward Argar | Conservative | Charnwood |
| Sarah Atherton | Conservative | Wrexham |
| Victoria Atkins | Conservative | Louth and Horncastle |
| Gareth Bacon | Conservative | Orpington |
| Richard Bacon | Conservative | South Norfolk |
| Kemi Badenoch | Conservative | Saffron Walden |
| Shaun Bailey | Conservative | West Bromwich West |
| Siobhan Baillie | Conservative | Stroud |
| Duncan Baker | Conservative | North Norfolk |
| Steve Baker | Conservative | Wycombe |
| Harriett Baldwin | Conservative | West Worcestershire |
| Steve Barclay | Conservative | North East Cambridgeshire |
| John Baron | Conservative | Basildon and Billericay |
| Simon Baynes | Conservative | Clwyd South |
| Aaron Bell | Conservative | Newcastle-under-Lyme |
| Scott Benton | Conservative | Blackpool South |
| Paul Beresford | Conservative | Mole Valley |
| Jake Berry | Conservative | Rossendale and Darwen |
| Saqib Bhatti | Conservative | Meriden |
| Bob Blackman | Conservative | Harrow East |
| Crispin Blunt | Conservative | Reigate |
| Peter Bone | Conservative | Wellingborough |
| Andrew Bowie | Conservative | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine |
| Ben Bradley | Conservative | Mansfield |
| Graham Brady | Conservative | Altrincham and Sale West |
| Suella Braverman | Conservative | Fareham |
| Jack Brereton | Conservative | Stoke-on-Trent South |
| Andrew Bridgen | Conservative | North West Leicestershire |
| Paul Bristow | Conservative | Peterborough |
| Sara Britcliffe | Conservative | Hyndburn |
| James Brokenshire | Conservative | Old Bexley and Sidcup |
| Anthony Browne | Conservative | South Cambridgeshire |
| Fiona Bruce | Conservative | Congleton |
| Felicity Buchan | Conservative | Kensington |
| Robert Buckland | Conservative | South Swindon |
| Alex Burghart | Conservative | Brentwood and Ongar |
| Conor Burns | Conservative | Bournemouth West |
| Rob Butler | Conservative | Aylesbury |
| Alun Cairns | Conservative | Vale of Glamorgan |
| Andy Carter | Conservative | Warrington South |
| James Cartlidge | Conservative | South Suffolk |
| William Cash | Conservative | Stone |
| Miriam Cates | Conservative | Penistone and Stocksbridge |
| Maria Caulfield | Conservative | Lewes |
| Alex Chalk | Conservative | Cheltenham |
| Rehman Chishti | Conservative | Gillingham and Rainham |
| Jo Churchill | Conservative | Bury St Edmunds |
| Greg Clark | Conservative | Tunbridge Wells |
| Simon Clarke | Conservative | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland |
| Theo Clarke | Conservative | Stafford |
| Brendan Clarke-Smith | Conservative | Bassetlaw |
| Chris Clarkson | Conservative | Heywood and Middleton |
| James Cleverly | Conservative | Braintree |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Conservative | The Cotswolds |
| Thérèse Coffey | Conservative | Suffolk Coastal |
| Elliot Colburn | Conservative | Carshalton and Wallington |
| Damian Collins | Conservative | Folkestone and Hythe |
| Alberto Costa | Conservative | South Leicestershire |
| Robert Courts | Conservative | Witney |
| Claire Coutinho | Conservative | East Surrey |
| Geoffrey Cox | Conservative | Torridge and West Devon |
| Stephen Crabb | Conservative | Preseli Pembrokeshire |
| Virginia Crosbie | Conservative | Ynys Môn |
| James Daly | Conservative | Bury North |
| David T C Davies | Conservative | Monmouth |
| James Davies | Conservative | Vale of Clwyd |
| Gareth Davies | Conservative | Grantham and Stamford |
| Mims Davies | Conservative | Mid Sussex |
| Philip Davies | Conservative | Shipley |
| David Davis | Conservative | Haltemprice and Howden |
| Dehenna Davison | Conservative | Bishop Auckland |
| Caroline Dinenage | Conservative | Gosport |
| Sarah Dines | Conservative | Derbyshire Dales |
| Jonathan Djanogly | Conservative | Huntingdon |
| Leo Docherty | Conservative | Aldershot |
| Michelle Donelan | Conservative | Chippenham |
| Nadine Dorries | Conservative | Mid Bedfordshire |
| Steve Double | Conservative | St Austell and Newquay |
| Oliver Dowden | Conservative | Hertsmere |
| Jackie Doyle-Price | Conservative | Thurrock |
| Richard Drax | Conservative | South Dorset |
| Flick Drummond | Conservative | Meon Valley |
| James Duddridge | Conservative | Rochford and Southend East |
| David Duguid | Conservative | Banff and Buchan |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Conservative | Chingford and Woodford Green |
| Mark Eastwood | Conservative | Dewsbury |
| Ruth Edwards | Conservative | Rushcliffe |
| Michael Ellis | Conservative | Northampton North |
| Tobias Ellwood | Conservative | Bournemouth East |
| Natalie Elphicke | Conservative | Dover |
| George Eustice | Conservative | Camborne and Redruth |
| Luke Evans | Conservative | Bosworth |
| David Evennett | Conservative | Bexleyheath and Crayford |
| Ben Everitt | Conservative | Milton Keynes North |
| Michael Fabricant | Conservative | Lichfield |
| Laura Farris | Conservative | Newbury |
| Simon Fell | Conservative | Barrow and Furness |
| Katherine Fletcher | Conservative | South Ribble |
| Mark Fletcher | Conservative | Bolsover |
| Nick Fletcher | Conservative | Don Valley |
| Vicky Ford | Conservative | Chelmsford |
| Kevin Foster | Conservative | Torbay |
| Mark Francois | Conservative | Rayleigh and Wickford |
| Lucy Frazer | Conservative | South East Cambridgeshire |
| Mike Freer | Conservative | Finchley and Golders Green |
| Richard Fuller | Conservative | North East Bedfordshire |
| Marcus Fysh | Conservative | Yeovil |
| Mark Garnier | Conservative | Wyre Forest |
| Nusrat Ghani | Conservative | Wealden |
| Nick Gibb | Conservative | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton |
| Peter Gibson | Conservative | Darlington |
| Jo Gideon | Conservative | Stoke-on-Trent Central |
| Cheryl Gillan | Conservative | Chesham and Amersham |
| John Glen | Conservative | Salisbury |
| Robert Goodwill | Conservative | Scarborough and Whitby |
| Michael Gove | Conservative | Surrey Heath |
| Richard Graham | Conservative | Gloucester |
| Helen Grant | Conservative | Maidstone and The Weald |
| James Gray | Conservative | North Wiltshire |
| Chris Grayling | Conservative | Epsom and Ewell |
| Chris Green | Conservative | Bolton West |
| Damian Green | Conservative | Ashford |
| Andrew Griffith | Conservative | Arundel and South Downs |
| Kate Griffiths | Conservative | Burton |
| James Grundy | Conservative | Leigh |
| Jonathan Gullis | Conservative | Stoke-on-Trent North |
| Robert Halfon | Conservative | Harlow |
| Luke Hall | Conservative | Thornbury and Yate |
| Matt Hancock | Conservative | West Suffolk |
| Greg Hands | Conservative | Chelsea and Fulham |
| Mark Harper | Conservative | Forest of Dean |
| Rebecca Harris | Conservative | Castle Point |
| Trudy Harrison | Conservative | Copeland |
| Sally-Ann Hart | Conservative | Hastings and Rye |
| Simon Hart | Conservative | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire |
| John Hayes | Conservative | South Holland and The Deepings |
| Oliver Heald | Conservative | North East Hertfordshire |
| James Heappey | Conservative | Wells |
| Chris Heaton-Harris | Conservative | Daventry |
| Gordon Henderson | Conservative | Sittingbourne and Sheppey |
| Darren Henry | Conservative | Broxtowe |
| Antony Higginbotham | Conservative | Burnley |
| Damian Hinds | Conservative | East Hampshire |
| Richard Holden | Conservative | North West Durham |
| Kevin Hollinrake | Conservative | Thirsk and Malton |
| Philip Hollobone | Conservative | Kettering |
| Adam Holloway | Conservative | Gravesham |
| Paul Holmes | Conservative | Eastleigh |
| John Howell | Conservative | Henley |
| Paul Howell | Conservative | Sedgefield |
| Nigel Huddleston | Conservative | Mid Worcestershire |
| Eddie Hughes | Conservative | Walsall North |
| Jane Hunt | Conservative | Loughborough |
| Jeremy Hunt | Conservative | South West Surrey |
| Tom Hunt | Conservative | Ipswich |
| Alister Jack | Conservative | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Sajid Javid | Conservative | Bromsgrove |
| Ranil Jayawardena | Conservative | North East Hampshire |
| Bernard Jenkin | Conservative | Harwich and North Essex |
| Mark Jenkinson | Conservative | Workington |
| Andrea Jenkyns | Conservative | Morley and Outwood |
| Robert Jenrick | Conservative | Newark |
| Caroline Johnson | Conservative | Sleaford and North Hykeham |
| Gareth Johnson | Conservative | Dartford |
| David Johnston | Conservative | Wantage |
| Andrew Jones | Conservative | Harrogate and Knaresborough |
| Fay Jones | Conservative | Brecon and Radnorshire |
| David Jones | Conservative | Clwyd West |
| Marcus Jones | Conservative | Nuneaton |
| Simon Jupp | Conservative | East Devon |
| Daniel Kawczynski | Conservative | Shrewsbury and Atcham |
| Alicia Kearns | Conservative | Rutland and Melton |
| Gillian Keegan | Conservative | Chichester |
| Julian Knight | Conservative | Solihull |
| Greg Knight | Conservative | East Yorkshire |
| Danny Kruger | Conservative | Devizes |
| John Lamont | Conservative | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk |
| Andrea Leadsom | Conservative | South Northamptonshire |
| Edward Leigh | Conservative | Gainsborough |
| Ian Levy | Conservative | Blyth Valley |
| Andrew Lewer | Conservative | Northampton South |
| Brandon Lewis | Conservative | Great Yarmouth |
| Julian Lewis | Independent | New Forest East |
| Ian Liddell-Grainger | Conservative | Bridgwater and West Somerset |
| Chris Loder | Conservative | West Dorset |
| Mark Logan | Conservative | Bolton North East |
| Marco Longhi | Conservative | Dudley North |
| Julia Lopez | Conservative | Hornchurch and Upminster |
| Jack Lopresti | Conservative | Filton and Bradley Stoke |
| Jonathan Lord | Conservative | Woking |
| Tim Loughton | Conservative | East Worthing and Shoreham |
| Craig Mackinlay | Conservative | South Thanet |
| Cherilyn Mackrory | Conservative | Truro and Falmouth |
| Rachel Maclean | Conservative | Redditch |
| Alan Mak | Conservative | Havant |
| Kit Malthouse | Conservative | North West Hampshire |
| Anthony Mangnall | Conservative | Totnes |
| Scott Mann | Conservative | North Cornwall |
| Julie Marson | Conservative | Hertford and Stortford |
| Theresa May | Conservative | Maidenhead |
| Jerome Mayhew | Conservative | Broadland |
| Paul Maynard | Conservative | Blackpool North and Cleveleys |
| Karl McCartney | Conservative | Lincoln |
| Esther McVey | Conservative | Tatton |
| Mark Menzies | Conservative | Fylde |
| Johnny Mercer | Conservative | Plymouth, Moor View |
| Huw Merriman | Conservative | Bexhill and Battle |
| Stephen Metcalfe | Conservative | South Basildon and East Thurrock |
| Robin Millar | Conservative | Aberconwy |
| Maria Miller | Conservative | Basingstoke |
| Amanda Milling | Conservative | Cannock Chase |
| Nigel Mills | Conservative | Amber Valley |
| Andrew Mitchell | Conservative | Sutton Coldfield |
| Gagan Mohindra | Conservative | South West Hertfordshire |
| Damien Moore | Conservative | Southport |
| Robbie Moore | Conservative | Keighley |
| Penny Mordaunt | Conservative | Portsmouth North |
| Anne Marie Morris | Conservative | Newton Abbot |
| David Morris | Conservative | Morecambe and Lunesdale |
| James Morris | Conservative | Halesowen and Rowley Regis |
| Joy Morrissey | Conservative | Beaconsfield |
| Wendy Morton | Conservative | Aldridge-Brownhills |
| Kieran Mullan | Conservative | Crewe and Nantwich |
| Holly Mumby-Croft | Conservative | Scunthorpe |
| Sheryll Murray | Conservative | South East Cornwall |
| Andrew Murrison | Conservative | South West Wiltshire |
| Robert Neill | Conservative | Bromley and Chislehurst |
| Lia Nici | Conservative | Great Grimsby |
| Jesse Norman | Conservative | Hereford and South Herefordshire |
| Neil O’Brien | Conservative | Harborough |
| Matthew Offord | Conservative | Hendon |
| Ian Paisley | Democratic Unionist Party | North Antrim |
| Priti Patel | Conservative | Witham |
| Owen Paterson | Conservative | North Shropshire |
| Mark Pawsey | Conservative | Rugby |
| Mike Penning | Conservative | Hemel Hempstead |
| John Penrose | Conservative | Weston-super-Mare |
| Andrew Percy | Conservative | Brigg and Goole |
| Chris Philp | Conservative | Croydon South |
| Christopher Pincher | Conservative | Tamworth |
| Dan Poulter | Conservative | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich |
| Rebecca Pow | Conservative | Taunton Deane |
| Victoria Prentis | Conservative | Banbury |
| Tom Pursglove | Conservative | Corby |
| Jeremy Quin | Conservative | Horsham |
| Will Quince | Conservative | Colchester |
| Dominic Raab | Conservative | Esher and Walton |
| Tom Randall | Conservative | Gedling |
| John Redwood | Conservative | Wokingham |
| Jacob Rees-Mogg | Conservative | North East Somerset |
| Nicola Richards | Conservative | West Bromwich East |
| Angela Richardson | Conservative | Guildford |
| Rob Roberts | Conservative | Delyn |
| Laurence Robertson | Conservative | Tewkesbury |
| Mary Robinson | Conservative | Cheadle |
| Andrew Rosindell | Conservative | Romford |
| Lee Rowley | Conservative | North East Derbyshire |
| Dean Russell | Conservative | Watford |
| David Rutley | Conservative | Macclesfield |
| Gary Sambrook | Conservative | Birmingham, Northfield |
| Selaine Saxby | Conservative | North Devon |
| Paul Scully | Conservative | Sutton and Cheam |
| Bob Seely | Conservative | Isle of Wight |
| Andrew Selous | Conservative | South West Bedfordshire |
| Alok Sharma | Conservative | Reading West |
| Alec Shelbrooke | Conservative | Elmet and Rothwell |
| David Simmonds | Conservative | Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner |
| Chris Skidmore | Conservative | Kingswood |
| Chloe Smith | Conservative | Norwich North |
| Greg Smith | Conservative | Buckingham |
| Julian Smith | Conservative | Skipton and Ripon |
| Royston Smith | Conservative | Southampton, Itchen |
| Amanda Solloway | Conservative | Derby North |
| Ben Spencer | Conservative | Runnymede and Weybridge |
| Alexander Stafford | Conservative | Rother Valley |
| Andrew Stephenson | Conservative | Pendle |
| Jane Stevenson | Conservative | Wolverhampton North East |
| John Stevenson | Conservative | Carlisle |
| Bob Stewart | Conservative | Beckenham |
| Iain Stewart | Conservative | Milton Keynes South |
| Gary Streeter | Conservative | South West Devon |
| Mel Stride | Conservative | Central Devon |
| Graham Stuart | Conservative | Beverley and Holderness |
| James Sunderland | Conservative | Bracknell |
| Desmond Swayne | Conservative | New Forest West |
| Robert Syms | Conservative | Poole |
| Derek Thomas | Conservative | St Ives |
| Maggie Throup | Conservative | Erewash |
| Edward Timpson | Conservative | Eddisbury |
| Kelly Tolhurst | Conservative | Rochester and Strood |
| Justin Tomlinson | Conservative | North Swindon |
| Michael Tomlinson | Conservative | Mid Dorset and North Poole |
| Craig Tracey | Conservative | North Warwickshire |
| Anne-Marie Trevelyan | Conservative | Berwick-upon-Tweed |
| Laura Trott | Conservative | Sevenoaks |
| Elizabeth Truss | Conservative | South West Norfolk |
| Tom Tugendhat | Conservative | Tonbridge and Malling |
| Shailesh Vara | Conservative | North West Cambridgeshire |
| Martin Vickers | Conservative | Cleethorpes |
| Matt Vickers | Conservative | Stockton South |
| Christian Wakeford | Conservative | Bury South |
| Robin Walker | Conservative | Worcester |
| Charles Walker | Conservative | Broxbourne |
| Ben Wallace | Conservative | Wyre and Preston North |
| Jamie Wallis | Conservative | Bridgend |
| David Warburton | Conservative | Somerton and Frome |
| Matt Warman | Conservative | Boston and Skegness |
| Giles Watling | Conservative | Clacton |
| Suzanne Webb | Conservative | Stourbridge |
| Helen Whately | Conservative | Faversham and Mid Kent |
| Heather Wheeler | Conservative | South Derbyshire |
| Craig Whittaker | Conservative | Calder Valley |
| John Whittingdale | Conservative | Maldon |
| Bill Wiggin | Conservative | North Herefordshire |
| James Wild | Conservative | North West Norfolk |
| Craig Williams | Conservative | Montgomeryshire |
| Gavin Williamson | Conservative | South Staffordshire |
| Sammy Wilson | Democratic Unionist Party | East Antrim |
| Mike Wood | Conservative | Dudley South |
| Jacob Young | Conservative | Redcar |
| Nadhim Zahawi | Conservative | Stratford-on-Avon |
