Bury MPs were split on the issue of fracking when it came to the vote.

Labour put forward a motion to secure Commons time to consider legislation to ban fracking .

It was defeated by 230 votes to 326, majority 96.

Bury North MP James Daly voted against a ban on fracking whilst Bury South MP Christian Wakeford voted for a ban on fracking.

Former MP for Bury North James Frith said: “Tonight, Bury North’s Tory MP James Daly, voted against a ban on fracking.

“He does not speak for the people of Bury North. Labour is clear - we will not allow fracking in our borough if we can stop it.

“Bury Conservatives including our MP, must Frack off!”

Christian Wakeford tweeted last night that the government are hypocrites for breaking yet another manifesto pledge.

Mr Wakeford also said: “I am against fracking. It is unpopular, it industrialises the countryside, it contributes to climate breakdown and, importantly, it fails to address the energy crisis.

“Appointing fracking operators as the arbiters of local consent would create an obvious conflict of interest and would undermine the authority of democratically elected councils.

“When even Cabinet Ministers are against fracking it’s disturbing to see the Member for Bury North vote against a ban.

"I’m sure his constituents will tell him to frack off at the next general election.”

James Daly has not provided a comment at this time.

Allegations of ministers bullying Conservative MPs during a House of Commons vote are under investigation by the parliamentary authorities.

Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has asked the Serjeant at Arms, who is responsible for keeping order within the Commons, and other senior officials to examine the claims.

Health Secretary Therese Coffey and Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg are among the group of senior Tories accused of bullying the party’s MPs into voting against Labour’s motion on fracking.

Opposition politicians claimed one Conservative MP was “physically manhandled” into the “No” lobby to ensure he opposed the motion, which had sought to pave the way to ban fracking.

Mr Rees-Mogg insisted he had seen no evidence of anyone being manhandled and there had simply been a “normal” discussion among MPs as they prepared to vote, while Ms Coffey also denied the claim.

Sir Lindsay, opening proceedings in the chamber on Thursday, told MPs: “I wish to say something about the reports of behaviour in the division lobbies last night.

“I have asked the Serjeant at Arms and other senior officials to investigate the incident and report back to me. I will then update the House.

“I remind Members that the behaviour code applies to them as well as to other members of our parliamentary community, and this gives me another opportunity to talk about the kind of House I want to see and I believe that the vast majority of MPs also want to see.

“I want this to be a House in which we, while we might have very strong political disagreements, treat each other courteously and with respect, and we should show the same courtesy and respect to those who work with and for us.

“To that end I will be meeting with senior party representatives to seek an agreed position that behaviour like that described last night is not acceptable in all circumstances.”

For Labour, shadow Commons leader Thangam Debbonaire said Parliament “ought to be a model workplace” and pressed for an investigation.

Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt endorsed the Speaker’s statement and insisted she is against bullying inside and outside Parliament.

Ms Mordaunt told MPs: “Can I start by thanking the Speaker for his statement at the start of business, which I do wholeheartedly endorse.

“We have ways of organising ourselves in a party system in this place but ultimately we are all individuals making judgments about what is in the best interests of the country and our constituents, and sometimes votes are about more than the issue that has been debated.”

Ms Mordaunt criticised Labour’s motion for attempting to “seize control of proceedings” in the Commons and “spark the usual social media outrage”.

She added: “Many members on this side of the House have worked hard to ensure that fracking is rightly not imposed on their community and it is by their efforts that fracking is not in their community and it’s the Government’s policy to allow fracking where there is consent.”

Ms Mordaunt went on: “I’m happy to go on record to say that I’m against bullying both in Parliament and outside it, too.”

Read more stories below: 

If you have a story tweet @BuryTimes or @Alicegerrard157 or email alice.gerrard@newsquest.co.uk.