The Public Whip website is great fun and a real eye-opener for anyone who cast their vote at the last general election expecting to get their voice reflected in Parliament. For example Totnes Tory MP Sarah Woolaston has voted against her Conservative colleagues on no fewer than 12 occasions, giving her a "rebel" status of 2.9%. By contrast North Devon Liberal Democrat Nick Harvey, now enjoying the trappings of office as Minister of State for the Armed Forces, has voted against the coalition government only once ("rebel" status 0.3%) - and that was on the subject of sustainable livestock.
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