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Only 33 MPs backed calls for a second referendum in a vote in the House of Commons last night, with the amendment roundly defeated with 340 opposed to it.

It came ahead of the final Commons vote on the Brexit Bill and whether to send it to the House of Lords for the third reading.

The amendment, spearheaded by Lib Dem leader Tim Farron, was resoundingly rejected in the house.

The MP had put forward the additional clause to the European Union (Notification Of Withdrawal) Bill, which if passed would have required Prime Minister Theresa May to outline the process to ratify the UK's new relationship with the EU.