Revealed: MPs who rebelled against Rishi Sunak's proposed smoking ban

Rishi Sunak’s proposed smoking ban cleared its first parliamentary hurdle tonight as 383 MPs voted in favour of the Prime Minister’s plans.

The House of Commons overwhelmingly approved the second reading of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which aims to phase in a ban on the sale of tobacco products for people born after 2009.

It would mean children aged 15 or younger today will never legally be sold a cigarette in England.

The PM’s Bill also gives the Government powers to tackle youth vaping, with restrictions on flavours and new rules on packaging and selling vapes.

He views the ban as a key part of his long-term legacy and has allowed MPs a free vote on the issue.

However, 67 Tory MPs – including six Government ministers – actively opposed his plans, while many more abstained from voting.

Rishi Sunak’s proposed smoking ban cleared its first parliamentary hurdle tonight as 383 MPs voted in favour of the Prime Minister’s plans. However, 59 Tory MPs – including six Government ministers – actively opposed his plans, while many more abstained from voting

The Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch voted against Rishi Sunak’s ban on smoking today

Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman also voted against Rishi Sunak’s ban on smoking today

A total of 165 Conservative MPs failed to back their leader’s Bill tonight, which was just under half the total of 347 Tory MPs in the Commons.

READ MORE: Rishi Sunak’s smoking ban clears its first Commons hurdle despite backlash to ‘nanny state’ plans by top ministers and Tory Right 

Some of the significant Tory MPs who voted against the Bill include Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch and ex-Cabinet ministers Suella Braverman, Sir Simon Clarke, Robert Jenrick, and Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg.

Other notable Noes came from Reform MP for Ashfield Lee Anderson and the Workers Party of Britain MP for Rochdale George Galloway.

Some Tory MPs decided to not vote at all including the Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt, former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith, and ex-defence secretary Ben Wallace.

Even Chancellor of the Exchequer and former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt abstained from voting.

All of the Tory MPs who voted against the Bill or abstained from voting done so without the fear of being sacked due to Mr Sunak’s move to make the issue a ‘conscience vote’.

Some 178 Conservatives supported the Bill according to the list, alongside 160 Labour MPs, 31 SNP MPs, 5 Liberal Democrats, 3 Plaid Cymru MPs, 2 independents, and the Alliance Party’s Stephen Farry.

Tory MPs who opposed Rishi Sunak’s smoking ban

Kemi Badenoch (Minister)

Steve Baker (Minister)

Alex Burghart (Minister)

Andrew Griffith (Minister)

Julia Lopez (Minister)

Lee Rowley (Minister)

Gareth Johnson

Craig Whittaker

Adam Afriyie

Sarah Atherton

Richard Bacon

Shaun Bailey

Simon Bayner

Jake Berry

Graham Brady

Suella Braverman

Paul Bristow

Rehman Chishti

Christopher Chope

Simon Clarke

Brendan Clarke-Smith

Dehenna Davison

Sarah Dines

Jonathan Djanogly

Jackie Doyle-Price

James Duddridge

Mark Eastwood

George Eustice

Nick Fletcher

Mark Francois

Richard Fuller

Chris Green

Jonathan Gullis

Darren Henry

Adam Holloway

Paul Holmes

Eddie Hughes

Tom Hunt

Robert Jenrick

Greg Knight

Edward Leigh

Andrew Lewer

Marco Longhi

Rachel Maclean

Anthony Mangnall

Karl McCartney

Anne Marie Morris

Tom Randall

Jacob Rees-Mogg

Laurence Robertson

Gary Sambrook

Alec Shelbrooke

Greg Smith

Alexander Stafford

Jane Stevenson

John Stevenson

Desmond Swayne

Liz Truss

Giles Watling

Tory MPs who backed Rishi Sunak’s smoking ban

Nickie Aiken

Aaron Bell

Mike Wood

Peter Aldous

Stuart Anderson

Stuart Andrew

Caroline Ansell

Edward Argar

Victoria Atkins

Gareth Bacon

Siobhan Baillie

Duncan Baker

Harriett Baldwin

Steve Barclay

Mr John Baron

Sir Paul Beresford

Saqib Bhatti

Bob Blackman

Sir Peter Bottomley

Andrew Bowie

Jack Brereton

Steve Brine

Anthony Browne

Fiona Bruce

Sir Robert Buckland

Dr Lisa Cameron

Andy Carter

James Cartlidge

Maria Caulfield

Alex Chalk

Jo Churchill

Greg Clark

James Cleverly

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

Elliot Colburn

Alberto Costa

Virginia Crosbie

James Daly

David T C Davies

Dr James Davies

Gareth Davies

Mims Davies

Sir David Davis

Michelle Donelan

Steve Double

Oliver Dowden

Mrs Flick Drummond

Philip Dunne

Ruth Edwards

Sir Michael Ellis

Mr Tobias Ellwood

Mrs Natalie Elphicke

Dr Luke Evans

Sir David Evennett

Laura Farris

Simon Fell

Anna Firth

Vicky Ford

Mike Freer

Mr Louie French

Mark Garnier

Ms Nusrat Ghani

Nick Gibb

Peter Gibson

Jo Gideon

John Glen

Sir Robert Goodwill

Michael Gove

Richard Graham

Mrs Helen Grant

Chris Grayling

James Grundy

Robert Halfon

Luke Hall

Stephen Hammond

Greg Hands

Mr Mark Harper

Rebecca Harris

Trudy Harrison

Sally-Ann Hart

Simon Hart

Sir Oliver Heald

Chris Heaton-Harris

Damian Hinds

Simon Hoare

Mr Richard Holden

Kevin Hollinrake

Mr Philip Hollobone

John Howell

Paul Howell

Nigel Huddleston

Dr Neil Hudson

Jane Hunt

Sir Sajid Javid

Mark Jenkinson

Dr Caroline Johnson

Andrew Jones

Fay Jones

Mr Marcus Jones

Alicia Kearns

Gillian Keegan

Kate Kniveton

John Lamont

Mrs Pauline Latham

Andrea Leadsom

Ian Levy

Sir Julian Lewis

Chris Loder

Tim Loughton

Cherilyn Mackrory

Alan Mak

Julie Marson

Mrs Theresa May

Jerome Mayhew

Jason McCartney

Stephen McPartland

Mark Menzies

Johnny Mercer

Stephen Metcalfe

Robin Millar

Dame Maria Miller

Nigel Mills

Mr Gagan Mohindra

Robbie Moore

Jill Mortimer

David Mundell

Mrs Sheryll Murray

Dr Andrew Murrison

Sir Robert Neill

Lia Nici

Caroline Nokes

Jesse Norman

Neil O’Brien

Guy Opperman

Mark Pawsey

Sir Mike Penning

John Penrose

Chris Philp

Dr Dan Poulter

Rebecca Pow

Victoria Prentis

Tom Pursglove

Sir Jeremy Quin

Will Quince

Nicola Richards

Angela Richardson

Mary Robinson

Dean Russell

David Rutley

Grant Shapps

David Simmonds

Henry Smith

Julian Smith

Dr Ben Spencer

Andrew Stephenson

John Stevenson

Sir Gary Streeter

Mel Stride

Rishi Sunak

James Sunderland

Derek Thomas

Maggie Throup

Edward Timpson

Justin Tomlinson

Michael Tomlinson

Laura Trott

Steve Tuckwell

Tom Tugendhat

Martin Vickers

Matt Vickers

Theresa Villiers

Mr Robin Walker

Matt Warman

Suzanne Webb

Helen Whately

Mrs Heather Wheeler

Craig Williams

Sir Gavin Williamson

Sir Jeremy Wright

Jacob Young

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