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The Maastricht Rebels were British Members of Parliament (MPs) belonging to the then governing Conservative Party who refused to support the government of Prime Minister John Major in a series of votes in the House of Commons on the issue of the implementation of the Maastricht Treaty (Treaty on European Union) in British law.
The Maastricht Rebellion was a major event of John Major's troubled second term as Prime Minister (1992–1997). Major's party had a small majority, thus giving the relatively small number of rebels disproportionate influence: for example, there were 22 rebels on the second reading of the European Communities (Amendment) Bill in May 1992, and the government's majority at the time was only 18.
The rebellion had the support of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and former Party Chairman Norman Tebbit.
The MaastrichtRebels were British Members of Parliament (MPs) belonging to the then governing Conservative Party who refused to support the government...
to the MaastrichtRebels who had the Conservative whip removed by the governing Conservative Party during the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty in...
success and internal pressure, including from many of the remaining MaastrichtRebels within the ruling Conservative party, put pressure on leader and Prime...
The Treaty on European Union, commonly known as the Maastricht Treaty, is the foundation treaty of the European Union (EU). Concluded in 1992 between the...
was estimated to be in excess of £3 billion. On 1 November 1993, the Maastricht Treaty introduced new concepts such as the euro, a European Central Bank...
then. Due to the timely connection with the Maastricht Treaty 1992, it has been called the post-Maastricht-Blues. The European integration process faced...
the United Kingdom's national sovereignty, and he was one of the MaastrichtRebels during the premiership of John Major. In the 2016 EU referendum he...
Aldridge-Brownhills from 1979 to 2015. A Eurosceptic, Shepherd was one of the MaastrichtRebels that had the whip withdrawn over opposition to Prime Minister John...
Euroscepticism in the UK United Kingdom opt-outs from EU legislation MaastrichtRebels Balance of Competences Review Withdrawal 2015 UK general election...
former Conservative Party Member of Parliament, he was one of the MaastrichtRebels of the mid-1990s. Gill was born in Wolverhampton, where he later became...
principles. He was one of the original Maastricht Rebels and was reportedly sacked for organising Euro-rebels among ministers. In 2003 Leigh opposed military...
the adjustment of exchange rates. In the wake of the rejection of the Maastricht Treaty by the Danish electorate in a referendum in the spring of 1992...
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passage of the E.C. (Finance) Bill, with all but one of the other "MaastrichtRebels' doing the same, signaling the end of their stand and acquiescence...
the Conservative Brexit rebels?". 5 September 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019. "Whip restored to 10 Conservative MPs who rebelled against government over...
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1975 EC membership referendum UK rebate Bruges speech No. No. No. MaastrichtRebels Black Wednesday European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 European Union...
infighting, with the One Nation group, Tory Reform Group, and right-wing MaastrichtRebels blaming each other for the defeat. Party chairman Brian Mawhinney...
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prominence came in the 1990s when he was one of the whipless eight; the MaastrichtRebels. The whipless eight had taken to having their own policy meetings...
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Euroscepticism in the UK United Kingdom opt-outs from EU legislation MaastrichtRebels Balance of Competences Review Withdrawal 2015 UK general election...
1975 EC membership referendum UK rebate Bruges speech No. No. No. MaastrichtRebels Black Wednesday European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 European Union...
1975 EC membership referendum UK rebate Bruges speech No. No. No. MaastrichtRebels Black Wednesday European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 European Union...
1975 EC membership referendum UK rebate Bruges speech No. No. No. MaastrichtRebels Black Wednesday European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 European Union...
campaigning in favour of a second referendum, and a minority of pro-EU rebels from Labour and the Conservatives also spoke in favour of it.[citation needed]...
ECSC and EEC would later be integrated into the European Union under the Maastricht and Lisbon treaties in the early 1990s and mid-2000s. The UK had been...
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