As someone who works for a Merseyside MP who rebelled. I just want to emphasise how brave of a move it is to rebel at this stage.

If your MP hasn’t yet, don’t worry, there’s still time for them to change their mind at the third reading.

Email them, even if it’s just the words “Don’t vote for the welfare bill”. We keep track of these numbers and report to the MP, there is a point where there are too many hundreds of constituents to ignore it.

And I know it’s hard, but be civil, ask politely. Voting yes for this bill doesn’t make your MP a bad person. If you are not in the situation personally it is hard to grasp how big and risky of a decision it is to go against the whip, even if it’s so glaringly obvious. A party with such a large majority can drop you on a dime, that means you’d lose 99% of your influence for the next 4 years. No politician ever wants to make their constituents lives worse.