The city was the provisional capital of the country in 1858 as Liberal president Benito Juárez fought Conservative rebels.

Those voting against included 61 opposition Labour MPs (who defied party instructions to abstain) and 22 Conservative rebels.

In 1833, Conservative rebels led by General Valentín Canalizo fled through here as they were pursued by government troops.

The town was previously represented by Teresa Gorman from 1987 to 2001, a Conservative rebel who had the whip withdrawn for opposing the Maastricht Treaty.

Though the bill was supported by the Labour Party in principle, the party opposed the programme motion as did the Conservative rebels.

On 3 August 2012, it was reported that the Prime Minister was to announce that the bill would be dropped after negotiations with Conservative rebels broke down.

A group of Conservative rebels has been temporarily expelled from the party for refusing to go along with perfunctory bills to pay money to the European Union.

Some of the Conservative rebels predict disaster next May, when the voters render judgment on the local government offices that set tax rates.

For example, in 1981 Squire was one of 18 Conservative rebels who opposed referendum provisions for local council rate increases.

One is a threatened court challenge from the Conservative rebels, called "Euro-skeptics."