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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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John Dunne

SHOCKING: Government wins fracking vote but 31 tory mps rebel and chief whip has quit - What They Never Told You

Tensions in the division lobby among Tory MPs.

(Picture: Chris Bryant)

The Government has won a vote against a Labour motion to ban fracking but the Tory chief has reportedly resigned in a furore as MPs were voting.

The government won by 326 to 230 against the banning of fracking. That reprsented a majority of 96 with 40 Tories not voting with the government - including Kwasi Kwarteng Nadine Dorries and Theresa May - and risking losing the whip.

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