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"Disgraceful" Tory tactics that forced a sick MP to vote in a wheelchair were even worse than in the 1970s, Dennis Skinner has declared.

The veteran MP hit out after Labour's Naz Shah was wheeled through the Commons last night to vote on Brexit in pyjamas with a sick bucket on her lap.

Theresa May won the vote in scenes that recall the 1970s - when Harold Wilson was stuck with first a hung parliament , then a majority of three.

Back then, sick and dying MPs were infamously summoned to the Commons because every vote counted. But the Beast of Bolsover, an MP since 1970, said last night's tactics were even worse.

That is because even in the 70s, sick MPs could be "nodded through" as long as their cars or ambulances were on House of Commons property.

Tory whips are accused of suspending that practice last night, so Ms Shah had to be wheeled all the way into the Commons voting lobbies and chamber.

She said the treatment was "very undignified, very invasive [and] embarrassing" adding: "By making me go in to vote like that, they stripped me of my dignity."

Mr Skinner told the Mirror: "In all the years I’ve been here, I’ve never seen anybody wheeled through the chamber.

“What happened last night was worse than when Harold Wilson nationalised aerospace with a majority of one."

Mr Skinner said in the 70s sick MPs "didn't go through the lobbies", because they would be somewhere else in Parliament where they could be recorded.

He added: “I think the statements I’ve read today make it clear it is a disgrace.

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“I can’t recall such an incident even in the 70s when Harold Wilson had a majority of only one, and then towards the end when Callaghan took over.”

“They used to have a look at [Labour MP] Alex Lyon, because I know he was ill for a long time, in another part of the building.”

Often sick MPs are "paired" off with an MP from another party to save them the stress of making a journey to parliament.

But a Labour source said Tory whips "were very clear they would only pair one MP" - heavily-pregnant Cat Smith.

The source insisted rumours the whips offered a second pair for Ms Shah hours before the vote were "categorically a lie".

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"It's just inhumane," the source added. "It was quite clear they were trying to make it as difficult as possible for MPs to vote."

Tory Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom blamed Labour saying it was "clearly a matter" for Jeremy Corbyn's team.

Ms Leadsom she was "particularly sorry" to see Ms Shah voting but Tory whips only learned she was coming down from Bradford around four hours before the vote.

"It’s simply not right to accuse the government of putting her in this position," Ms Leadsom said.

But Shadow Commons Leader Valerie Vaz said: “The government have lost their place in the world as a moral force."

Despite all the drama, the sick MPs' extra votes made no difference last night as Mrs May cleared the last hurdle on her Brexit Bill by a majority of 16.

The Prime Minister saw off a revolt from her own MPs over getting a 'meaningful vote' on her Brexit deal.

Tory rebels had been angry because the government wanted to make a possible vote next year non-binding - rendering it 'meaningless'.

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In a bid to quell the row, Brexit Secretary David Davis clarified that Speaker John Bercow will get to decide if the vote is binding or not.

That was enough for Tory rebel leader Dominic Grieve to back down.

But Mr Grieve now risks having egg on his face after Tory Brexiteer ringleader Jacob Rees-Mogg said he - effectively - had won the day.

Mr Rees-Mogg said last night's statement was simply a "clarification" and did no more than state what the rules already were.