In the House of Commons on Tuesday, MPs defeated a Labour motion, moved by Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner, to block a planned government move that will take a free, hot school meal from the mouths of around one million children from low-income families.

Tory MPs have attempted to deflect blame for their callousness by selectively quoting a Channel 4 Fact Check article – which said it could not fault the Labour Party’s calculations – in order to claim they are actually giving free meals to an additional 50,000 children and not taking it away from the million.

But that pathetic deflection was laid to rest in the very first exchange of the debate around Labour’s motion:

Chris Philp (Croydon South) (Con) Does the hon. Lady agree with Channel 4’s FactCheck, which says: “This is not a case of the government taking free school meals from a million children”. These are children who are not currently receiving free school meals, and in fact the Government’s proposals ​would see 50,000 extra children receive free school meals. Perhaps the hon. Lady could stop giving inaccurate information to the House. Angela Rayner The hon. Gentleman should know that his Government have introduced transitional arrangements, and we are clear that under the transitional arrangements, those 1 million children would be entitled to free school meals. With the regulations, the Government are pulling the rug from under those hard-working families. In my own boroughs of Oldham and Tameside, a total of 8,700 children growing up in poverty are set to miss out. In the Secretary of State’s own area, the total is 6,500. So much for the light at the end of the tunnel that the Chancellor mentioned over the weekend on “The Andrew Marr Show”!

The UK has one of the worst rates of child malnutrition and ‘food insecurity’ among rich nations – with one in five UK children suffering food insecurity.

In spite of this – and the callousness of depriving hungry schoolchildren of food, with the consequent impact on their health and education – the government defeated the motion.

Not a single Tory MP rebelled – and of the ten DUP MPs, ‘incentivised‘ by a Theresa May pledge to maintain the free school meals for Northern Irish children – only one declined to vote away the provision for children in Britain.

The full roll-call of shame of MPs who voted down Labour’s attempt to protect poor children from hunger is below:

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Conservative (302)

Adams, Nigel

Afolami, Bim

Afriyie, Adam

Aldous, Peter

Allan, Lucy

Allen, Heidi

Amess, Sir David

Andrew, Stuart

Argar, Edward

Atkins, Victoria

Bacon, Mr Richard

Badenoch, Mrs Kemi

Baker, Mr Steve

Baldwin, Harriett

Barclay, Stephen

Baron, Mr John

Bebb, Guto

Bellingham, Sir Henry

Benyon, rh Richard

Beresford, Sir Paul

Berry, Jake

Blackman, Bob

Blunt, Crispin

Boles, Nick

Bone, Mr Peter

Bottomley, Sir Peter

Bowie, Andrew

Bradley, Ben

Bradley, rh Karen

Brady, Sir Graham

Brereton, Jack

Bridgen, Andrew

Brine, Steve

Brokenshire, rh James

Bruce, Fiona

Buckland, Robert

Burghart, Alex

Burns, Conor

Burt, rh Alistair

Cairns, rh Alun

Cartlidge, James

Cash, Sir William

Caulfield, Maria

Chalk, Alex

Chishti, Rehman

Chope, Sir Christopher

Clark, Colin

Clark, rh Greg

Clarke, rh Mr Kenneth

Clarke, Mr Simon

Cleverly, James

Clifton-Brown, Sir Geoffrey

Coffey, Dr Thérèse

Collins, Damian

Costa, Alberto

Courts, Robert

Cox, Mr Geoffrey

Crabb, rh Stephen

Crouch, Tracey

Davies, Chris

Davies, David T. C.

Davies, Glyn

Davies, Mims

Davis, rh Mr David

Dinenage, Caroline

Djanogly, Mr Jonathan

Docherty, Leo

Donelan, Michelle

Double, Steve

Dowden, Oliver

Doyle-Price, Jackie

Drax, Richard

Duddridge, James

Duguid, David

Duncan, rh Sir Alan

Duncan Smith, rh Mr Iain

Dunne, Mr Philip

Ellis, Michael

Ellwood, rh Mr Tobias

Eustice, George

Evans, Mr Nigel

Evennett, rh David

Fabricant, Michael

Fallon, rh Sir Michael

Fernandes, Suella

Field, rh Mark

Ford, Vicky

Foster, Kevin

Fox, rh Dr Liam

Francois, rh Mr Mark

Frazer, Lucy

Freeman, George

Fysh, Mr Marcus

Garnier, Mark

Gauke, rh Mr David

Ghani, Ms Nusrat

Gibb, rh Nick

Gillan, rh Dame Cheryl

Glen, John

Goldsmith, Zac

Goodwill, Mr Robert

Gove, rh Michael

Graham, Luke

Graham, Richard

Grant, Bill

Grant, Mrs Helen

Grayling, rh Chris

Green, Chris

Green, rh Damian

Greening, rh Justine

Grieve, rh Mr Dominic

Griffiths, Andrew

Gyimah, Mr Sam

Hair, Kirstene

Halfon, rh Robert

Hall, Luke

Hammond, rh Mr Philip

Hammond, Stephen

Hancock, rh Matt

Hands, rh Greg

Harper, rh Mr Mark

Harrington, Richard

Harris, Rebecca

Harrison, Trudy

Hart, Simon

Hayes, rh Mr John

Heald, rh Sir Oliver

Heappey, James

Heaton-Harris, Chris

Heaton-Jones, Peter

Henderson, Gordon

Herbert, rh Nick

Hinds, rh Damian

Hoare, Simon

Hollingbery, George

Hollinrake, Kevin

Hollobone, Mr Philip

Holloway, Adam

Howell, John

Huddleston, Nigel

Hunt, rh Mr Jeremy

Hurd, rh Mr Nick

Jack, Mr Alister

James, Margot

Javid, rh Sajid

Jayawardena, Mr Ranil

Jenkin, Mr Bernard

Jenkyns, Andrea

Jenrick, Robert

Johnson, rh Boris

Johnson, Dr Caroline

Johnson, Gareth

Johnson, Joseph

Jones, Andrew

Jones, rh Mr David

Jones, Mr Marcus

Kawczynski, Daniel

Keegan, Gillian

Kennedy, Seema

Kerr, Stephen

Knight, rh Sir Greg

Knight, Julian

Kwarteng, Kwasi

Lamont, John

Lancaster, rh Mark

Leadsom, rh Andrea

Lee, Dr Phillip

Lefroy, Jeremy

Leigh, Sir Edward

Letwin, rh Sir Oliver

Lewer, Andrew

Lewis, rh Brandon

Lewis, rh Dr Julian

Liddell-Grainger, Mr Ian

Lidington, rh Mr David

Lopez, Julia

Lopresti, Jack

Lord, Mr Jonathan

Loughton, Tim

Mackinlay, Craig

Maclean, Rachel

Main, Mrs Anne

Mak, Alan

Malthouse, Kit

Mann, Scott

Masterton, Paul

May, rh Mrs Theresa

Maynard, Paul

McLoughlin, rh Sir Patrick

McVey, rh Ms Esther

Menzies, Mark

Mercer, Johnny

Merriman, Huw

Metcalfe, Stephen

Milling, Amanda

Mills, Nigel

Milton, rh Anne

Mitchell, rh Mr Andrew

Moore, Damien

Mordaunt, rh Penny

Morgan, rh Nicky

Morris, Anne Marie

Morris, David

Morris, James

Morton, Wendy

Murray, Mrs Sheryll

Murrison, Dr Andrew

Neill, Robert

Newton, Sarah

Nokes, rh Caroline

Norman, Jesse

O’Brien, Neil

Offord, Dr Matthew

Opperman, Guy

Parish, Neil

Patel, rh Priti

Pawsey, Mark

Penning, rh Sir Mike

Penrose, John

Percy, Andrew

Philp, Chris

Pincher, Christopher

Poulter, Dr Dan

Pow, Rebecca

Prentis, Victoria

Prisk, Mr Mark

Pritchard, Mark

Pursglove, Tom

Quin, Jeremy

Quince, Will

Raab, Dominic

Redwood, rh John

Rees-Mogg, Mr Jacob

Robertson, Mr Laurence

Robinson, Mary

Rosindell, Andrew

Ross, Douglas

Rowley, Lee

Rudd, rh Amber

Rutley, David

Sandbach, Antoinette

Scully, Paul

Seely, Mr Bob

Selous, Andrew

Shapps, rh Grant

Sharma, Alok

Shelbrooke, Alec

Simpson, rh Mr Keith

Skidmore, Chris

Smith, Chloe

Smith, Henry

Smith, rh Julian

Smith, Royston

Soames, rh Sir Nicholas

Soubry, rh Anna

Spelman, rh Dame Caroline

Spencer, Mark

Stephenson, Andrew

Stevenson, John

Stewart, Bob

Stewart, Iain

Stewart, Rory

Streeter, Mr Gary

Stride, rh Mel

Stuart, Graham

Sturdy, Julian

Sunak, Rishi

Swayne, rh Sir Desmond

Swire, rh Sir Hugo

Syms, Sir Robert

Thomas, Derek

Thomson, Ross

Throup, Maggie

Tolhurst, Kelly

Tomlinson, Justin

Tomlinson, Michael

Tracey, Craig

Tredinnick, David

Trevelyan, Mrs Anne-Marie

Truss, rh Elizabeth

Tugendhat, Tom

Vaizey, rh Mr Edward

Vara, Mr Shailesh

Vickers, Martin

Villiers, rh Theresa

Walker, Mr Charles

Walker, Mr Robin

Wallace, rh Mr Ben

Warburton, David

Warman, Matt

Watling, Giles

Whately, Helen

Wheeler, Mrs Heather

Whittaker, Craig

Whittingdale, rh Mr John

Wiggin, Bill

Williamson, rh Gavin

Wollaston, Dr Sarah

Wood, Mike

Wragg, Mr William

Wright, rh Jeremy

Zahawi, Nadhim

Democratic Unionist Party (9)

Campbell, Mr Gregory

Dodds, rh Nigel

Donaldson, rh Sir Jeffrey M.

Girvan, Paul

Paisley, Ian

Robinson, Gavin

Shannon, Jim

Simpson, David

Wilson, rh Sammy

Independent (1)

Elphicke, Charlie

Edit: this list originally showed 315 MPs. The latest Hansard record shows 312.

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