The result gave the Government a Commons majority of 21.
Long-impregnable Commons majorities since the 80s have dulled parliamentary tactics.
Governments take their Commons majorities too much for granted.
When a government has a clear Commons majority such defeats are unusual.
Apart from defence, its policies are not dissimilar to those of the 1960s when it last had an effective Commons majority.
The poll suggests the Tories could win a Commons majority of more than 150.
His standing among his MPs, some still unimpressed that he failed to win an outright Commons majority, has never been higher.
Even without a Commons majority, Labour's Jack Straw could make a considerable mark.
The Tories were returned with a Commons majority of two to one.
The Conservatives won a Commons majority of more than 70.
