When 203 MPs voted for Keith Vaz to join the Justice select committee last night, everyone assumed Labour MPs had turned up to back their man. In actual fact, Guido can reveal that it was the Tories who whipped their side to secure Vaz’s position. A disbelieving Conservative MP tells Guido that as he walked through the voting Lobby he saw a group of Tory whips ordering their MPs to vote for Vaz. There was no Labour whipping operation, only a small number of Labour MPs turned up for the vote. As a result 159 of the 203 MPs who voted for Vaz were Tories, including ministers like Amber Rudd, Jeremy Hunt and Liam Fox. The whips’ pathetic argument was “you’re voting for the process, not for him”. This decision to appoint a crook to the Justice committee is one of parliament’s most shameful acts in recent years – and the Tories are the ones responsible…

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Here are the names of the MPs who voted for Vaz, 159 are Tories:

Afriyie, Adam

Andrew, Stuart

Ansell, Caroline

Argar, Edward

Ashworth, Jonathan

Atkins, Victoria

Bacon, Mr Richard

Baker, Mr Steve

Baldwin, Harriett

Barwell, Gavin

Bebb, Guto

Benyon, Richard

Berry, James

Betts, Mr Clive

Bingham, Andrew

Blenkinsop, Tom

Bone, Mr Peter

Bradley, rh Karen

Brazier, Mr Julian

Brennan, Kevin

Brine, Steve

Brokenshire, rh James

Brown, rh Mr Nicholas

Bruce, Fiona

Burns, Conor

Cadbury, Ruth

Carmichael, Neil

Cartlidge, James

Caulfield, Maria

Chalk, Alex

Churchill, Jo

Cleverly, James

Coffey, Dr Thérèse

Colvile, Oliver

Courts, Robert

Coyle, Neil

Creagh, Mary

Creasy, Stella

Crouch, Tracey

Cummins, Judith

Dakin, Nic

Danczuk, Simon

David, Wayne

Davies, Byron

Davies, Chris

Davies, Dr James

Davies, Mims

Davis, rh Mr David

Donaldson, rh Sir Jeffrey M.

Double, Steve

Doyle-Price, Jackie

Drax, Richard

Dunne, Mr Philip

Ellis, Michael

Ellison, Jane

Ellwood, Mr Tobias

Elmore, Chris

Evans, Chris

Evans, Graham

Foster, Kevin

Fox, rh Dr Liam

Foxcroft, Vicky

Frazer, Lucy

Freer, Mike

Garnier, Mark

Gauke, rh Mr David

Gibb, Mr Nick

Goodwill, Mr Robert

Green, Chris

Green, rh Damian

Green, Kate

Greenwood, Lilian

Griffiths, Andrew

Gyimah, Mr Sam

Haigh, Louise

Hall, Luke

Hamilton, Fabian

Hands, rh Greg

Hanson, rh Mr David

Harper, rh Mr Mark

Harris, Rebecca

Hart, Simon

Haselhurst, rh Sir Alan

Heald, rh Sir Oliver

Healey, rh John

Heappey, James

Hinds, Damian

Hoare, Simon

Hodgson, Mrs Sharon

Hollinrake, Kevin

Howarth, Sir Gerald

Huddleston, Nigel

Hunt, rh Mr Jeremy

Hurd, Mr Nick

James, Margot

Jayawardena, Mr Ranil

Jenkyns, Andrea

Jenrick, Robert

Johnson, Joseph

Jones, Andrew

Jones, rh Mr David

Jones, Mr Marcus

Kirby, Simon

Latham, Pauline

Leadsom, rh Andrea

Lee, Dr Phillip

Lefroy, Jeremy

Lewis, rh Brandon

Liddell-Grainger, Mr Ian

Lidington, rh Mr David

Lopresti, Jack

Mackinlay, Craig

Mackintosh, David

Mak, Mr Alan

Malthouse, Kit

Mann, Scott

Matheson, Christian

Mathias, Dr Tania

Maynard, Paul

McCabe, Steve

Metcalfe, Stephen

Miller, rh Mrs Maria

Milling, Amanda

Milton, rh Anne

Moon, Mrs Madeleine

Mordaunt, Penny

Morden, Jessica

Morris, James

Morton, Wendy

Mowat, David

Murray, Mrs Sheryll

Murrison, Dr Andrew

Nokes, Caroline

Norman, Jesse

Offord, Dr Matthew

Onwurah, Chi

Opperman, Guy

Parish, Neil

Percy, Andrew

Perry, Claire

Philp, Chris

Pincher, Christopher

Poulter, Dr Daniel

Pound, Stephen

Pow, Rebecca

Prentis, Victoria

Pursglove, Tom

Quin, Jeremy

Quince, Will

Rees-Mogg, Mr Jacob

Robertson, Mr Laurence

Robinson, Gavin

Robinson, Mary

Rudd, rh Amber

Rutley, David

Scully, Paul

Selous, Andrew

Shannon, Jim

Sheerman, Mr Barry

Skidmore, Chris

Smith, Henry

Smith, Jeff

Smith, Julian

Solloway, Amanda

Spellar, rh Mr John

Spencer, Mark

Stewart, Bob

Stewart, Iain

Stewart, Rory

Stride, Mel

Stringer, Graham

Stuart, rh Ms Gisela

Stuart, Graham

Sunak, Rishi

Swayne, rh Sir Desmond

Swire, rh Sir Hugo

Syms, Mr Robert

Tami, Mark

Thomas, Derek

Thomas, Mr Gareth

Throup, Maggie

Timpson, Edward

Tolhurst, Kelly

Tomlinson, Justin

Tomlinson, Michael

Tracey, Craig

Vaizey, rh Mr Edward

Vara, Mr Shailesh

Vickers, Martin

Walker, Mr Robin

Wallace, Mr Ben

Warman, Matt

Watson, Mr Tom

Wharton, James

Whately, Helen

Wheeler, Heather

Whittaker, Craig

Wiggin, Bill

Williams, Craig

Williamson, rh Gavin

Wilson, Phil

Wood, Mike

Zeichner, Daniel