Rwanda Bill full outcome – how your MP voted as Suella Braverman joins rebels

Rishi Sunak noticed off a Tory revolt as he pushed via his controversial Rwanda invoice within the Commons.

In the tip simply 11 Conservative MPs voted in opposition to the Safety of Rwanda Bill, regardless of weeks of posturing by right-wing factions. Tory heavyweights Suella Braverman, Robert Jenrick, Sir Bill Cash and Sir Simon Clarke have been among the many disgruntled backbenchers who did so.

“Baked bean plotter” Lee Anderson, who stop as deputy Tory chairman yesterday after demanding the Bill was strengthened, was certainly one of 18 Conservatives who did not forged a vote. Right-wingers Jonathan Gullis and Sir John Hayes – an in depth ally of Ms Braverman – additionally abstained, as did former PM Theresa May.

Dozens of rebels backed the laws on the final minute, regardless that they thought it would not work. The Bill handed by 320 to 276 – a majority of 44.

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The 11 Conservatives who did vote in opposition to the Government have been Ms Braverman, Sir Bill Cash, Miriam Cates, Sir Simon Clarke, Sarah Dines, Sir James Duddrige, Mark Francois, Dame Andrea Jenkyns, Mr Jenrick, David Jones and Danny Kruger.

Brendan Clarke-Smith, who stop alongside Mr Anderson saying the Bill wasn’t robust sufficient, nonetheless backed it. Jane Stevenson, who additionally stop her junior Government function to again calls for for the Bill to be beefed up, additionally voted for it.

The climbdown got here after 61 Tories, together with Mr Jenrick, Lee Anderson, Ms Braverman, Liz Truss, Sir Jacob Rees Mogg and Sir Iain Duncan Smith, unsuccessfully supported a name for the Bill to be beefed up. Labour branded Mr Sunak “in office but not in power” after weeks of Conservative “psychodrama”.

And to make issues worse for the PM, new polling revealed most voters do not assume it’s going to cease small boat crossings. As the Tory civil battle unfolded in Westminster, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame mentioned he’s getting annoyed with lengthy delays – and hinted he may refund UK taxpayers’ cash if flights by no means take off.

Mr Kagame advised reporters there are “limits for how long this can drag on.” And he mentioned: “The money is going to be used on those people who will come. If they don’t come we can return the money.”

Labour known as on Mr Sunak to claw again the cash. So far the UK has given £240million to Rwanda, and in April an extra £50million fee is due. The Government has refused to say how way more it has promised, however confirmed there might be annual funds in 2025 and 2026 – considered £50million per 12 months.

Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper mentioned: “If Rwanda says we are able to have the cash again from this failing scheme, Rishi Sunak ought to seize the possibility, as a substitute of dragging out this Tory asylum chaos any longer.”

In a bruising conflict within the Commons, sacked former Home Secretary Ms Braverman mentioned the Bill had “fatal flaws”, demanding it was toughened up. She advised MPs that two earlier Tory efforts to cease the boats had failed, including: “This is our last chance to fix this problem.

“We have stretched the persistence of the British folks.” A group of 45 disgruntled Tory MPs met shortly before the crunch vote, with a rebel source saying: “Nobody within the room thinks it should work.”

But lots of the hardliners nonetheless backed the Bill – which declares Rwanda to be a secure nation regardless of critical human rights issues – may deliver down the Government.

Polling launched by YouGov suggests the general public is not received over. It confirmed 53% don’t assume the deportation scheme goes to cease the boats, with simply 28% pondering it’s going to. And 47% imagine it is not good worth for cash.

In its desperation to make the plan work, the Government plans to draft in 150 judges to listen to appeals. This has sparked outrage, with crime victims already going through lengthy delays ready for his or her case to come back to court docket.

Shadow Immigration Minister Stephen Kinnock described it as “shameful and shabby”, including: “Just imagine the impact the Prime Minister’s glib announcement would have on you if you were the victim of rape who has been languishing for years in our broken judicial system.”

He mentioned Labour was “proud” to vote in opposition to the Bill, which is predicted to be savaged by friends within the House of Lords.

Mr Kinnock advised MPs the Rwanda deal had solely been put ahead in an effort to avoid wasting Boris Johnson through the Partygate scandal, however added it had “taken on a life of its own”.

And Ms Cooper accused the Tories of attempting to “con” voters, likening it to the Emperor’s new garments, saying: “People can see through it, the Home Secretary is just wandering naked round this chamber waving a little treaty like a fig leaf to hide his modesty behind.” She accused Mr Sunak of being “in office, but not in power”.

Former Lib Dem chief Tim Farron mentioned it was nonsense for MPs to declare Rwanda is secure, regardless of a November Supreme Court ruling that it is not.

He mentioned: “If we will declare Rwanda secure as a result of we would like it to be, I may declare Blackburn Rovers again within the Premier League and Alan Shearer to be 30 years youthful and in a quantity 9 shirt. But that is sadly not the case.”

And the SNP’s Alison Thewliss mentioned: “This is nothing but state sponsored people trafficking. This Government is in effect a criminal gang moving people across the world.”