Maastricht Rebels

The Maastricht Rebels were 12 MPss of the then governing UK Conservative Party who refused to support the government of John Major in a House of Commons vote to secure ratification by the United Kingdom of the Maastricht Treaty.

They included:

• Richard Body
• Nicholas Budgen
• Bill Cash
• Michael Lord
• Iain Duncan Smith
• George Gardiner
• Theresa Gorman
• Elizabeth Peacock
• Teddy Taylor
• Nicholas Winterton