The amendment calling for elections is signed by Tory awkward squaddies Christopher Chope, David Nuttall, Edward Leigh, Peter Bone and Jacob Rees-Mogg, plus heavyweight ex-ministers David Davis and John Redwood and 1922 Committee grandees Graham Brady and Charles Walker.
The seven players who have been training with Cheltenham are Will Grocutt, Jacob Rowe, Jorges Lopes, Gary Mulligan, Jared Wilson, Alex Forde and Josh Klyne-Davis.