Kir Stamor The Parliament has suffered a serious setback after dozens of MPs of their own MPs against their planned welfare reforms.
Prime Minister In less than a week, two derogatory U-turn on the law were forced to close the law to close a rebellion, threatening to defeat his government on a major policies.
But how does it compare previous rebellions by politicians?
This is the biggest rebellion of Sir Kir’s premierership
According to political scientist Philip Cowley from Queen Mary University, London, who compared the previous votes, it is the largest backbenth rebel ever.
The previous record holder was earlier this month during the passage of the plan and infrastructure bills when 16 MPs revolted.
Last year a small rebellion, on controversial two Profit -TopiSaw a number Labor MPs snatched the party whip – including the shadow Chancellor of Jeremy Corbin. John McDonal,
It revolts in the first year of Tony Blair – but is ‘more important’
The number of MPs against 49 is similar to 47, who were responsible for the largest rebellion Tony BlairFirst year in power, on a profit for parents alone.
But Professor Cowley said it was more important.
They told Independent: “Purely viewed in terms of size, the first major revolt of the premiere of Kir Stmper is at a parmal with the first major rebellion of Tony Blair. But it is one of the occasions in life when the size doesn’t matter. This rebellion was very important and effective.”

But it is dwarfed by rebellion on Iraq
It is even smaller than Blair’s biggest rebellion during the first Parliament, when 67 MPs revolted on disability profit.
The biggest rebellion was 72 MPs in the second reading of their governments bills by Labor MPs. This record is shared by two votes – on national service in 1947 and, again under Blair, in 2004, on university tuition fees.
The civil list revolted by 91 MPs during the 1975 vote, the system that defines how the royal family is funded, the biggest rebellion in the first year of any government since the war.
The same number, 91, 1945, conducts records for the biggest rebellion by government MPs in the second reading of any bill, Prof. Cowley found. It was on the House of Lord’s Reform in 2012.
But they are dwarfed by all the governing party’s largest backbenth rebellion since all corn laws, when 139 MPs voted against the Iraq War in 2003.