Tory MPs have defended voting to give the go-ahead to water companies to dump raw sewage in rivers, a vote in which every Wirral MP voted against.
On Wednesday 20 October, 265 MPs voted to reject an attempt by the House of Lords to toughen up the approach regarding the discharge of sewage. Just 22 Conservative MPs rebelled and voted against the government.
However, the government has now made a partial u-turn and says it will force water companies to make a “progressive reduction” in the sewage they dump in rivers, following pressure from the House of Lords and MPs and uproar on social media.
Cllr Janette Williamson, Labour leader of Wirral Council, said, “It is a disgrace that this Conservative government continues to put profits ahead of people and the environment.
“This is avoidable, but it would take money to fix, and this government believes that putting this duty on water companies, which would have to upgrade infrastructure, would be too expensive.
“As well as the situation here in Wirral, there were 403,171 spills of sewage into England’s rivers and seas in 2020, according to the Environment Agency, adding up to more than 3.1m hours of spillages.
“As a bare minimum, the government should be taking all reasonable steps to ensure untreated sewage is not flowing into our precious waterways.”
Pat Cleary, leader of the Green group said, “The appalling statistics on sewage discharge in Wirral and across the country have shocked many but should come as no surprise.
“For years the Green Party has called for meaningful action against water companies who routinely dump waste into the environment while simultaneously paying billions in dividends to shareholders and mega salaries to senior executives.
“This week’s vote in Parliament shows the shocking disregard the Conservatives have for our environment. It also lays bare the impact of cuts to budgets which have allowed large companies to damage our environment knowing full well the odds of being prosecuted are vanishingly small.
“Even when they are brought to task, the fines imposed are witheringly inadequate. It is imperative that government responds with vigour to this scandal and forces companies such as United Utilities to finally do the right thing and invest to ensure this outrageous behaviour comes to an end.”
Dr Orod Osanlou, who is standing for the Liberal Democrats in the Oxton by-election, has expressed his anger and astonishment that untreated sewage was discharged into the River Fender 300 times last year.
Figures released by The Rivers Trust show that sewage poured into the river from seven different outlets for a total of 940 hours in 2020.
Dr Osanlou said, “The worst incidents were from an outflow along the Fender footpath, which runs along the Oxton boundary. I think local residents would be shocked to hear that United Utilities discharged sewage 110 times at this location over 148 hours last year.”
“Children walk to school along this path and people go jogging or walk their dogs here and it is simply outrageous that the water company was allowed to pour sewage into the river for virtually a whole week,” Orod Osanlou said.
Dr Osanlou continued, “The Environment Agency allows water companies to release sewage into rivers and streams after extreme weather events, but the astonishing number of times this has happened shows they have not been investing enough in renewing their infrastructure.
“The government has made a U-turn, of sorts, but it seems they plan to allow United Utilities and other water companies 25 years to get their house in order.
“Speaking as a doctor, I am concerned that this poses a significant health hazard to the people of Oxton and residents further downstream. I find it unacceptable that they plan to allow this practice – that is also so damaging to the environment – to continue.”
https://www.theriverstrust.org/key-issues/sewage-in-rivers 
Below is a full list of how MPs voted:
Who voted for it?
- Nigel Adams (Conservative – Selby and Ainsty)
- Adam Afriyie (Conservative – Windsor)
- Peter Aldous (Conservative – Waveney)
- Lucy Allan (Conservative – Telford)
- Lee Anderson (Conservative – Ashfield)
- Stuart Andrew (Conservative – Pudsey)
- Edward Argar (Conservative – Charnwood)
- Victoria Atkins (Conservative – Louth and Horncastle)
- Gareth Bacon (Conservative – Orpington)
- Kemi Badenoch (Conservative – Saffron Walden)
- Shaun Bailey (Conservative – West Bromwich West)
- Duncan Baker (Conservative – North Norfolk)
- Steve Baker (Conservative – Wycombe)
- Harriett Baldwin (Conservative – West Worcestershire)
- Steve Barclay (Conservative – North East Cambridgeshire)
- Simon Baynes (Conservative – Clwyd South)
- Aaron Bell (Conservative – Newcastle-under-Lyme)
- Scott Benton (Conservative – Blackpool South)
- Paul Beresford (Conservative – Mole Valley)
- Bob Blackman (Conservative – Harrow East)
- Crispin Blunt (Conservative – Reigate)
- Peter Bone (Conservative – Wellingborough)
- Andrew Bowie (Conservative – West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)
- Graham Brady (Conservative – Altrincham and Sale West)
- Suella Braverman (Conservative – Fareham)
- Jack Brereton (Conservative – Stoke-on-Trent South)
- Andrew Bridgen (Conservative – North West Leicestershire)
- Steve Brine (Conservative – Winchester)
- Paul Bristow (Conservative – Peterborough)
- Sara Britcliffe (Conservative – Hyndburn)
- Anthony Browne (Conservative – South Cambridgeshire)
- Fiona Bruce (Conservative – Congleton)
- Felicity Buchan (Conservative – Kensington)
- Alex Burghart (Conservative – Brentwood and Ongar)
- 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)
- Jo Churchill (Conservative – Bury St Edmunds)
- Theo Clarke (Conservative – Stafford)
- Brendan Clarke-Smith (Conservative – Bassetlaw)
- Chris Clarkson (Conservative – Heywood and Middleton)
- James Cleverly (Conservative – Braintree)
- Thérèse Coffey (Conservative – Suffolk Coastal)
- Damian Collins (Conservative – Folkestone and Hythe)
- Alberto Costa (Conservative – South Leicestershire)
- Robert Courts (Conservative – Witney)
- Claire Coutinho (Conservative – East Surrey)
- 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)
- 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)
- Flick Drummond (Conservative – Meon Valley)
- David Duguid (Conservative – Banff and Buchan)
- Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative – Chingford and Woodford Green)
- Ruth Edwards (Conservative – Rushcliffe)
- Michael Ellis (Conservative – Northampton North)
- 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)
- Liam Fox (Conservative – North Somerset)
- Lucy Frazer (Conservative – South East Cambridgeshire)
- Mike Freer (Conservative – Finchley and Golders Green)
- 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)
- John Glen (Conservative – Salisbury)
- Robert Goodwill (Conservative – Scarborough and Whitby)
- Richard Graham (Conservative – Gloucester)
- Helen Grant (Conservative – Maidstone and The Weald)
- Chris Green (Conservative – Bolton West)
- 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)
- Stephen Hammond (Conservative – Wimbledon)
- Matt Hancock (Conservative – West Suffolk)
- Mark Harper (Conservative – Forest of Dean)
- Rebecca Harris (Conservative – Castle Point)
- Sally-Ann Hart (Conservative – Hastings and Rye)
- John Hayes (Conservative – South Holland and The Deepings)
- James Heappey (Conservative – Wells)
- Darren Henry (Conservative – Broxtowe)
- Antony Higginbotham (Conservative – Burnley)
- Richard Holden (Conservative – North West Durham)
- Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative – Thirsk and Malton)
- Philip Hollobone (Conservative – Kettering)
- Paul Holmes (Conservative – Eastleigh)
- John Howell (Conservative – Henley)
- Paul Howell (Conservative – Sedgefield)
- Nigel Huddleston (Conservative – Mid Worcestershire)
- Neil Hudson (Conservative – Penrith and The Border)
- Eddie Hughes (Conservative – Walsall North)
- Jane Hunt (Conservative – Loughborough)
- Tom Hunt (Conservative – Ipswich)
- Alister Jack (Conservative – Dumfries and Galloway)
- 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)
- 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)
- Kwasi Kwarteng (Conservative – Spelthorne) (Proxy vote cast by Stuart Andrew)
- John Lamont (Conservative – Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk)
- Andrea Leadsom (Conservative – South Northamptonshire)
- Andrew Lewer (Conservative – Northampton South)
- Julian Lewis (Conservative – New Forest East)
- 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)
- Cherilyn Mackrory (Conservative – Truro and Falmouth)
- Rachel Maclean (Conservative – Redditch)
- 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)
- Stephen McPartland (Conservative – Stevenage)
- Mark Menzies (Conservative – Fylde)
- Stephen Metcalfe (Conservative – South Basildon and East Thurrock)
- Robin Millar (Conservative – Aberconwy)
- Maria Miller (Conservative – Basingstoke)
- 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)
- James Morris (Conservative – Halesowen and Rowley Regis)
- Joy Morrissey (Conservative – Beaconsfield)
- Jill Mortimer (Conservative – Hartlepool)
- Wendy Morton (Conservative – Aldridge-Brownhills)
- Kieran Mullan (Conservative – Crewe and Nantwich)
- Holly Mumby-Croft (Conservative – Scunthorpe)
- David Mundell (Conservative – Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale)
- Sheryll Murray (Conservative – South East Cornwall)
- Andrew Murrison (Conservative – South West Wiltshire)
- Robert Neill (Conservative – Bromley and Chislehurst)
- Lia Nici (Conservative – Great Grimsby)
- Neil O’Brien (Conservative – Harborough)
- Guy Opperman (Conservative – Hexham)
- Neil Parish (Conservative – Tiverton and Honiton)
- Owen Paterson (Conservative – North Shropshire)
- Mark Pawsey (Conservative – Rugby)
- Mike Penning (Conservative – Hemel Hempstead)
- John Penrose (Conservative – Weston-super-Mare)
- 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)
- Mark Pritchard (Conservative – The Wrekin)
- Tom Pursglove (Conservative – Corby)
- Will Quince (Conservative – Colchester)
- 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)
- Laurence Robertson (Conservative – Tewkesbury)
- Mary Robinson (Conservative – Cheadle)
- Douglas Ross (Conservative – Moray)
- 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)
- Grant Shapps (Conservative – Welwyn Hatfield)
- Alec Shelbrooke (Conservative – Elmet and Rothwell)
- Chris Skidmore (Conservative – Kingswood)
- Chloe Smith (Conservative – Norwich North)
- Greg Smith (Conservative – Buckingham)
- Henry Smith (Conservative – Crawley)
- Julian Smith (Conservative – Skipton and Ripon)
- Royston Smith (Conservative – Southampton, Itchen)
- Ben Spencer (Conservative – Runnymede and Weybridge)
- Mark Spencer (Conservative – Sherwood)
- Alexander Stafford (Conservative – Rother Valley)
- Andrew Stephenson (Conservative – Pendle)
- Jane Stevenson (Conservative – Wolverhampton North East)
- 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)
- Julian Sturdy (Conservative – York Outer)
- James Sunderland (Conservative – Bracknell)
- Desmond Swayne (Conservative – New Forest West)
- Robert Syms (Conservative – Poole)
- Maggie Throup (Conservative – Erewash)
- Edward Timpson (Conservative – Eddisbury)
- Justin Tomlinson (Conservative – North Swindon)
- Michael Tomlinson (Conservative – Mid Dorset and North Poole)
- Craig Tracey (Conservative – North Warwickshire)
- Laura Trott (Conservative – Sevenoaks)
- 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)
- 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)
- John Whittingdale (Conservative – Maldon)
- James Wild (Conservative – North West Norfolk)
- Craig Williams (Conservative – Montgomeryshire)
- Gavin Williamson (Conservative – South Staffordshire)
- Mike Wood (Conservative – Dudley South)
- William Wragg (Conservative – Hazel Grove)
- Jeremy Wright (Conservative – Kenilworth and Southam)
- Jacob Young (Conservative – Redcar)
Who voted against it?
- Debbie Abrahams (Labour – Oldham East and Saddleworth)
- Rushanara Ali (Labour – Bethnal Green and Bow)
- Tahir Ali (Labour – Birmingham, Hall Green)
- Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour – Tooting)
- Mike Amesbury (Labour – Weaver Vale)
- Fleur Anderson (Labour – Putney)
- Tonia Antoniazzi (Labour – Gower)
- Siobhan Baillie (Conservative – Stroud)
- Paula Barker (Labour – Liverpool, Wavertree)
- John Baron (Conservative – Basildon and Billericay)
- Apsana Begum (Labour – Poplar and Limehouse)
- Hilary Benn (Labour – Leeds Central)
- Clive Betts (Labour – Sheffield South East)
- Olivia Blake (Labour – Sheffield, Hallam)
- Paul Blomfield (Labour – Sheffield Central)
- Peter Bottomley (Conservative – Worthing West)
- Ben Bradshaw (Labour – Exeter)
- Nicholas Brown (Labour – Newcastle upon Tyne East)
- Lyn Brown (Labour – West Ham)
- Chris Bryant (Labour – Rhondda)
- Karen Buck (Labour – Westminster North)
- Richard Burgon (Labour – Leeds East)
- Dawn Butler (Labour – Brent Central)
- Ian Byrne (Labour – Liverpool, West Derby)
- Liam Byrne (Labour – Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
- Ruth Cadbury (Labour – Brentford and Isleworth)
- Alan Campbell (Labour – Tynemouth)
- Dan Carden (Labour – Liverpool, Walton)
- Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat – Orkney and Shetland)
- Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat – North East Fife)
- Sarah Champion (Labour – Rotherham)
- Bambos Charalambous (Labour – Enfield, Southgate)
- Feryal Clark (Labour – Enfield North) (Proxy vote cast by Chris Elmore)
- Greg Clark (Conservative – Tunbridge Wells)
- Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat – St Albans)
- Yvette Cooper (Labour – Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford)
- Jeremy Corbyn (Independent – Islington North)
- Neil Coyle (Labour – Bermondsey and Old Southwark)
- Stella Creasy (Labour – Walthamstow) (Proxy vote cast by Chris Elmore)
- Tracey Crouch (Conservative – Chatham and Aylesford)
- Jon Cruddas (Labour – Dagenham and Rainham)
- John Cryer (Labour – Leyton and Wanstead)
- Alex Cunningham (Labour – Stockton North)
- Janet Daby (Labour – Lewisham East)
- Wayne David (Labour – Caerphilly)
- Geraint Davies (Labour – Swansea West)
- Philip Davies (Conservative – Shipley)
- Alex Davies-Jones (Labour – Pontypridd)
- David Davis (Conservative – Haltemprice and Howden)
- Thangam Debbonaire (Labour – Bristol West)
- Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour – Slough)
- Anneliese Dodds (Labour – Oxford East)
- Stephen Doughty (Labour – Cardiff South and Penarth)
- Peter Dowd (Labour – Bootle)
- Rosie Duffield (Labour – Canterbury)
- Philip Dunne (Conservative – Ludlow)
- Angela Eagle (Labour – Wallasey)
- Jonathan Edwards (Independent – Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
- Clive Efford (Labour – Eltham)
- Julie Elliott (Labour – Sunderland Central)
- Chris Elmore (Labour – Ogmore)
- Florence Eshalomi (Labour – Vauxhall)
- Bill Esterson (Labour – Sefton Central)
- Chris Evans (Labour – Islwyn)
- Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat – Westmorland and Lonsdale)
- Stephen Farry (Alliance – North Down)
- Margaret Ferrier (Independent – Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
- Yvonne Fovargue (Labour – Makerfield)
- Vicky Foxcroft (Labour – Lewisham, Deptford)
- Mary Kelly Foy (Labour – City of Durham)
- Gill Furniss (Labour – Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough)
- Barry Gardiner (Labour – Brent North)
- Preet Kaur Gill (Labour – Birmingham, Edgbaston)
- Mary Glindon (Labour – North Tyneside)
- Kate Green (Labour – Stretford and Urmston)
- Sarah Green (Liberal Democrat – Chesham and Amersham)
- Lilian Greenwood (Labour – Nottingham South)
- Nia Griffith (Labour – Llanelli)
- Louise Haigh (Labour – Sheffield, Heeley)
- Fabian Hamilton (Labour – Leeds North East)
- Claire Hanna (Social Democratic & Labour Party – Belfast South)
- Emma Hardy (Labour – Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle)
- Carolyn Harris (Labour – Swansea East)
- Helen Hayes (Labour – Dulwich and West Norwood)
- Oliver Heald (Conservative – North East Hertfordshire)
- Gordon Henderson (Conservative – Sittingbourne and Sheppey)
- Meg Hillier (Labour – Hackney South and Shoreditch)
- Simon Hoare (Conservative – North Dorset)
- Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat – Bath)
- Sharon Hodgson (Labour – Washington and Sunderland West)
- Kate Hollern (Labour – Blackburn)
- Rachel Hopkins (Labour – Luton South)
- Rupa Huq (Labour – Ealing Central and Acton)
- Imran Hussain (Labour – Bradford East)
- Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat – Edinburgh West)
- Bernard Jenkin (Conservative – Harwich and North Essex)
- Diana Johnson (Labour – Kingston upon Hull North)
- Kim Johnson (Labour – Liverpool, Riverside)
- Darren Jones (Labour – Bristol North West)
- Gerald Jones (Labour – Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)
- Ruth Jones (Labour – Newport West)
- Sarah Jones (Labour – Croydon Central)
- Liz Kendall (Labour – Leicester West)
- Afzal Khan (Labour – Manchester, Gorton)
- Stephen Kinnock (Labour – Aberavon)
- Peter Kyle (Labour – Hove)
- Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru – Ceredigion)
- David Lammy (Labour – Tottenham)
- Robert Largan (Conservative – High Peak)
- Ian Lavery (Labour – Wansbeck)
- Kim Leadbeater (Labour – Batley and Spen)
- Clive Lewis (Labour – Norwich South)
- Tony Lloyd (Labour – Rochdale)
- Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour – Salford and Eccles)
- Jonathan Lord (Conservative – Woking)
- Tim Loughton (Conservative – East Worthing and Shoreham)
- Caroline Lucas (Green Party – Brighton, Pavilion)
- Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party – East Lothian)
- Craig Mackinlay (Conservative – South Thanet)
- Justin Madders (Labour – Ellesmere Port and Neston)
- Khalid Mahmood (Labour – Birmingham, Perry Barr)
- Shabana Mahmood (Labour – Birmingham, Ladywood)
- Seema Malhotra (Labour – Feltham and Heston)
- Rachael Maskell (Labour – York Central)
- Steve McCabe (Labour – Birmingham, Selly Oak)
- Kerry McCarthy (Labour – Bristol East)
- Siobhain McDonagh (Labour – Mitcham and Morden)
- Andy McDonald (Labour – Middlesbrough)
- John McDonnell (Labour – Hayes and Harlington)
- Pat McFadden (Labour – Wolverhampton South East)
- Conor McGinn (Labour – St Helens North)
- Alison McGovern (Labour – Wirral South)
- Catherine McKinnell (Labour – Newcastle upon Tyne North)
- Jim McMahon (Labour – Oldham West and Royton)
- Anna McMorrin (Labour – Cardiff North)
- Esther McVey (Conservative – Tatton)
- Ian Mearns (Labour – Gateshead)
- Huw Merriman (Conservative – Bexhill and Battle)
- Edward Miliband (Labour – Doncaster North)
- Navendu Mishra (Labour – Stockport)
- Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat – Oxford West and Abingdon)
- Jessica Morden (Labour – Newport East)
- Stephen Morgan (Labour – Portsmouth South)
- Grahame Morris (Labour – Easington)
- Ian Murray (Labour – Edinburgh South)
- James Murray (Labour – Ealing North)
- Charlotte Nichols (Labour – Warrington North)
- Caroline Nokes (Conservative – Romsey and Southampton North)
- Alex Norris (Labour – Nottingham North)
- Matthew Offord (Conservative – Hendon)
- Chi Onwurah (Labour – Newcastle upon Tyne Central)
- Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour – Erith and Thamesmead)
- Kate Osamor (Labour – Edmonton)
- Kate Osborne (Labour – Jarrow)
- Taiwo Owatemi (Labour – Coventry North West)
- Sarah Owen (Labour – Luton North)
- Matthew Pennycook (Labour – Greenwich and Woolwich)
- Toby Perkins (Labour – Chesterfield)
- Jess Phillips (Labour – Birmingham, Yardley)
- Bridget Phillipson (Labour – Houghton and Sunderland South)
- Luke Pollard (Labour – Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
- Steve Reed (Labour – Croydon North)
- Christina Rees (Labour – Neath)
- Ellie Reeves (Labour – Lewisham West and Penge)
- Rachel Reeves (Labour – Leeds West)
- Jonathan Reynolds (Labour – Stalybridge and Hyde)
- Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour – Streatham)
- Marie Rimmer (Labour – St Helens South and Whiston)
- Matt Rodda (Labour – Reading East)
- Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Labour – Brighton, Kemptown)
- Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru – Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
- Naz Shah (Labour – Bradford West)
- Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party – Strangford)
- Virendra Sharma (Labour – Ealing, Southall)
- Andy Slaughter (Labour – Hammersmith)
- Cat Smith (Labour – Lancaster and Fleetwood)
- Jeff Smith (Labour – Manchester, Withington)
- Nick Smith (Labour – Blaenau Gwent)
- Alex Sobel (Labour – Leeds North West)
- Keir Starmer (Labour – Holborn and St Pancras)
- Jo Stevens (Labour – Cardiff Central)
- Jamie Stone (Liberal Democrat – Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross)
- Graham Stringer (Labour – Blackley and Broughton)
- Zarah Sultana (Labour – Coventry South)
- Mark Tami (Labour – Alyn and Deeside)
- Sam Tarry (Labour – Ilford South)
- Derek Thomas (Conservative – St Ives)
- Gareth Thomas (Labour – Harrow West)
- Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour – Torfaen)
- Emily Thornberry (Labour – Islington South and Finsbury)
- Stephen Timms (Labour – East Ham)
- Kelly Tolhurst (Conservative – Rochester and Strood)
- Valerie Vaz (Labour – Walsall South)
- Catherine West (Labour – Hornsey and Wood Green)
- Matt Western (Labour – Warwick and Leamington)
- Alan Whitehead (Labour – Southampton, Test)
- Mick Whitley (Labour – Birkenhead)
- Nadia Whittome (Labour – Nottingham East)
- Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat – Twickenham)
- Beth Winter (Labour – Cynon Valley)
- Mohammad Yasin (Labour – Bedford)
- Daniel Zeichner (Labour – Cambridge)
Image (Library photo): Tom Fisk
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