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Tory MPs vote against Cameron

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Tory MPs vote against Cameron

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Reuters

23 Views • May 16, 2013

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British Prime Minister David Cameron may have been glad he missed this particular parliamentary vote.

The Conservative party leader - on a trip to the United States - was spared the embarrassment of having to witness on Wednesday a rebellion from his own party within the House of Commons.

Tory rebels voted against Cameron in protest at his stance on the European Union - they want Cameron's promise of a 2017 referendum on British membership of the EU to be legally binding.

Although the revolt was defeated, around a third of Conservative lawmakers voted against the prime minister, raising questions about Cameron's leadership.

The centre right Tory party - in a ruling coalition with the Liberal Democrats - has 305 members of parliament. 116 of them voted against the government.