How Does the Government Organise its Majority -The Whips Overview
Carrots and Sticks used by the Whips
Managing your majority through Parliamentary Private Secretaries
Managing your majority by working with Party Groups
Free Votes in the House of Commons
Types of MPs – The Constituency Activist
Types of MPs – The Aspiring Minister
Types of MPs- The House of Commons Expert
Types of MPs- The Policy Entrepreneur
Controlling the Executive – Introduction
Controlling the Executive by Legislation
Controlling the Executive with Finance
Controlling the Executive through Appointments
Controlling the Executive through Questions
Controlling the Executive through Ministerial Statements
Controlling the Executive with Opposition Debates
Controlling the Executive through Select Committees
Overview of MP Expenses and Interests
Some Conservative MPs on the right, especially the stronger Eurosceptics, and Labour MPs on the left are out of line with the centre of gravity of their party and keep up a critique of policies, including those of their own party, from this standpoint.
They can use opportunities in the Commons to push their views.
Peter Bone the Conservative MP for Wellingborough introduced Bills in the last Parliament such as reintroducing the death penalty, banning the burka and abolishing Nick Clegg’s post of Deputy Prime Minister, none of which endeared him to then Prime Minister David Cameron.
