Who are the political party Whips in the UK?

You often hear about MPS having the whip withdrawn from them (ooo er!) and the chief whip on the news, but these people rarely seemed to be named. Is there one chief whip for each political party, or are there several party whips? Who are the current whips in Parliament?

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Asked in politics, parliament asked on: 02/05/2008 09:38am

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12 minutes after the question was opened (02/05/2008 09:50am)

There are several whips for each party under the management of the Chief Whip. The government Chief Whip right now is Geoff Hoon. For the Tories it's Patrick McLoughlin, and someone called Paul Burstow for the Libdems. Apparently there are about 14 for each of the major parties, but I can't find a list of current whips anywhere.

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31 minutes after the question was opened (02/05/2008 10:09am)

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Whip
Rt Hon Geoff Hoon MP

Assistant Whips
Mr Bob Blizzard MP
Tony Cunningham MP
Mr Wayne David MP
Mr Michael Foster (Worcs.) MP
Ms Diana R. Johnson MP *
Mr Sadiq Khan MP *
Siobhain McDonagh MP
Alison Seabeck MP
Mark Tami MP *
Mr Tom Watson MP

http://www.parliament.uk/directories/directories/hmg.cfm copy