A list of the 21 MPs who refused to vote against the Government austerity today. Some don't surprise me but MPs for Birkenhead, Warrington and Rochdale do.
Their abstentions made no difference to the outcome. The message against the austerity measures being targeted at the lower and middle classes should be in the bloodstream of all labour MPs.
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough)
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow)
Ian Austin (Dudley North)
Ben Bradshaw (Exeter)
Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West)
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham Ladywood)
Ann Coffey (Stockport)
Andrew Smith (Oxford East)
Simon Danczuk (Rochdale)
Jamie Reed (Copeland, Cumbria)
Chris Evans (Islwyn, Gwent)
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton)
Frank Field (Birkenhead)
Gisela Stuart (Birmingham Edgbaston)
Mike Gapes (Ilford South)
Margaret Hodge (Barking)
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Graham Jones (Hyndburn)
Helen Jones (Warrington North)
Liz Kendall (Leicester West)
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East)
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