David Cameron appears to be sympathetic to the 91 Conservative MPs who rebelled over Lords reform.

Despite defying the whips, the PM told the Daily Telegraph that their careers are not blighted by their opposition.

“If no one who ever voted against the government [got a] ministerial office ... [Iain] Duncan-Smith wouldn’t be in the cabinet," he said.

"I think politics has changed, there are people who come with more strong and independent views.

"It’s difficult in coalition because sometimes you’re coming forward with proposals that your coalition partners are more enthusiastic about than you are.”

Now, not only does this give fuel to the theory that Cameron did not enforce a hard-line on last week's vote (one person described it as a "nudge, wink" approach), but it is also likely to annoy many of the backbenchers who did remain loyal.

So congratulations to the following MPs. The PM thinks you could be the next Iain Duncan-Smith...

Adam Afriyie
David Amess
John Baron
Guto Bebb
Andrew Bingham
Brian Binley
Bob Blackman
Nicola Blackwood
Graham Brady
Angie Bray (sacked as PPS)
Julian Brazier
Andrew Bridgen
Steve Brine
Conor Burns (resigned as PPS)
Dan Byles
Alun Cairns
Bill Cash
Christopher Chope
James Clappison
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Geoffrey Cox
Tracey Crouch
Philip Davies
David Davis
Nick de Bois
Caroline Dinenage
Nadine Dorries
Richard Drax
George Eustice
Mike Freer
Richard Fuller
Zac Goldsmith
James Gray
Andrew Griffiths
Richard Harrington
Simon Hart
Sir Alan Haselhurst
Philip Hollobone
Adam Holloway
Stewart Jackson
Bernard Jenkin
Gareth Johnson
Chris Kelly
Eleanor Laing
Phillip Lee
Edward Leigh
Charlotte Leslie
Julian Lewis
Ian Liddell-Grainger
Peter Lilley
Jonathan Lord
Karen Lumley
Jason McCartney
Karl McCartney
Anne McIntosh
Anne Main
Louise Mensch
Patrick Mercer
Penny Mordaunt
James Morris
Jesse Norman
David Nuttall
Matthew Offord
Mark Pawsey
Andrew Percy
Chris Pincher
John Redwood
Jacob Rees-Mogg
Simon Reevell
Sir Malcolm Rifkind
Laurence Robertson
Andrew Rosindell
David Ruffley
Richard Shepherd
Nicholas Soames
Bob Stewart
Rory Stewart
Gary Streeter
Graham Stuart
Sir Peter Tapsell
David Tredinnick
Andrew Turner
Charles Walker
Robin Walker
Robert Walter
Chris White
John Whittingdale
Nadhim Zahawi
Rebel tellers were Peter Bone and Craig Whittaker

Tags: David Cameron, House of Lords Reform Draft Bill, List of rebel MPs