Boris Johnson hailed an 'absolutely momentous' day for Britain after a massive majority of MPs backed Brexit in a historic Commons showdown.

A total of 498 voted to give PM Theresa May permission to start Article 50 exit talks next month with 114 trying to scupper the bid.

7 MPs voted to start the process of leaving the EU, with more than 100 members voting to block permission for Article 50 to go through Credit: SKYNEWS

7 A SNP amendment that would have stopped Brexit in its tracks - was rejected Credit: PA:Press Association

The result, read out by The Speaker at 7.30pm, was greeted with a thunderous cheer by Tories.

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson dubbed the moment “absolutely momentous” but Labour’s Stephen Pound, a pro-Remainer, shouted, “Suicide”.

Bo Jo said: "I've just voted three times in the House of Commons for an absolutely momentous thing - to give our Prime Minister the right to trigger Article 50 and Britain to begin the path out of the EU.

"Don't forget we may be leaving the EU treaties but we are not leaving Europe.

"We are going to be making an amazingly positive contribution to our continent as we always have done and always will.

"But we are now able to forge a new identity with new free trade deals as global Britain."

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A historic night in the @HouseofCommons, voting to trigger #Article50 and respecting the will of the people. A privilege to be a part of it. — Tom Pursglove MP (@VotePursglove) February 1, 2017

Historic vote 498 to 114 to trigger Article 50! House of Commons has voted to Take Back Control and make our own laws in our own Parliament! — Owen Paterson (@OwenPaterson) February 1, 2017

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The vote followed two days of debate on the landmark bill and followed a plea from Mrs May.

She urged MPs to respect last year’s June 23 referendum vote, telling them: “This House has a very simple ­decision to make.

“We gave the right of judgment on this issue to the British people.

“They made their choice, they want to leave the EU. The question every member must ask themselves as they go through the lobbies tonight is do they trust the people?”

Labour MPs were told they HAD to support triggering Article 50 - but scores defied their leader Jeremy Corbyn and voted against it anyway.

498 MPs respected the referendum result and voted in favour of the Bill, but 114 voted against. That included 47 Labour MPs, 50 SNP, three independents, three Plaid Cymru, one Green, one Tory and seven Lib Dems. See how your MP voted here.

The only Conservative MP to vote against the bill was veteran Europhile Ken Clarke.

But Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was hit by a major revolt, with one in five of all his MPs defying his strict three line whip to back Brexit.

The Labour rebels included a total of 16 frontbenchers, in another embarrassing blow to his authority.

Just voted for the UK to leave EU!

Great day for Parliament!! — Peter Bone MP (@PeterBoneUK) February 1, 2017

Historic vote in Parliament tonight. A huge majority to get our Brexit negotiations going forward. History has been made — Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) February 1, 2017

Three were in the shadow cabinet but resigned before the vote, including two last night just minutes before it was called – shadow Defra secretary Rachael Maskell and shadow equalities minister Dawn Butler.

Former Corbyn loyalist and York MP Ms Maskell insisted she had sworn an oath to represent “the will of her constituents”, who had voted by a large majority to Remain.

The 12 remaining rebel shadow ministers face the sack from Mr Corbyn.

7 MPs also voted in favour of the timetable for the Brexit Bill Credit: AP:Associated Press

The government cleared all House of Commons business to rush through the bill - ordered by the Supreme Court last week – in order to stick to the government’s timetable.

Every Tory MP was ordered to the Commons to ensure the government won the key vote.

Norwich North MP Chloe Smith even came back from maternity leave, walking through the division lobby with her four month old baby Alasdair on her shoulder.

Jubilant Brexit campaigner and ex-Tory Cabinet minister Owen Paterson said: “We are going to celebrate that the House of Commons has voted to take back control. We are going to have a drink”.

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There will be a final Commons vote next Wednesday when the bill gets its third reading before being passed to the Lords.

A series of pro-EU Tory MPs have threatened to side with Labour to try to stop the PM walking away from the EU with no Brexit deal without Parliament’s say so.

Mrs May revealed during PMQs yesterday that she will fulfil her promise to publish a White Paper blueprint of her negotiation aims in the Commons.

Government sources said it would be a “substantial” document and based on the 12 aims spelled out in her Lancaster House speech.

This afternoon two more Labour MPs resigned their positions in Mr Corbyn's shadow cabinet, saying they would vote against the party's wishes and oppose triggering Article 50.

Dawn Butler and Rachael Maskell left the shadow frontbench team before tonight's vote.

The news comes days after shadow ministers Jo Stevens and Tulip Siddiq also quit their posts so they could vote against the Bill.

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The MPs who voted against Brexit 47 Labour, 50 SNP, 7 Lib Dems, 3 SDLP, 1 Green, 2 Plaid, 1 Conservative, and 3 Independent voted against triggering Article 50 Alexander, Heidi (Labour) Lewisham East Ali, Rushanara (Labour) Bethnal Green and Bow Allen, Graham (Labour) Nottingham North Allin-Khan, Dr Rosena (Labour) Tooting Berger, Luciana (Labour) Liverpool, Wavertree Bradshaw, Mr Ben (Labour) Exeter Brennan, Kevin (Labour) Cardiff West Brown, Lyn (Labour) West Ham Bryant, Chris (Labour) Rhondda Buck, Ms Karen (Labour) Westminster North Butler, Dawn (Labour) Brent Central Cadbury, Ruth (Labour) Brentford and Isleworth Clwyd, Ann (Labour) Cynon Valley Coffey, Ann (Labour) Stockport Coyle, Neil (Labour) Bermondsey and Old Southwark Creagh, Mary (Labour) Wakefield Creasy, Stella (Labour) Walthamstow Debbonaire, Thangam (Labour) Bristol West Doughty, Stephen (Labour) Cardiff South and Penarth Dowd, Jim (Labour) Lewisham West and Penge Eagle, Maria (Labour) Garston and Halewood Ellman, Mrs Louise (Labour) Liverpool, Riverside Farrelly, Paul (Labour) Newcastle-under-Lyme Foxcroft, Vicky (Labour) Lewisham, Deptford Gapes, Mike (Labour) Ilford South Greenwood, Lilian (Labour) Nottingham South Hayes, Helen (Labour) Dulwich and West Norwood Hillier, Meg (Labour) Hackney South and Shoreditch Huq, Dr Rupa (Labour) Ealing Central and Acton Kyle, Peter (Labour) Hove Lammy, Mr David (Labour) Tottenham Maskell, Rachael (Labour) York Central McCarthy, Kerry (Labour) Bristol East McKinnell, Catherine (Labour) Newcastle upon Tyne North Moon, Mrs Madeleine (Labour) Bridgend Murray, Ian (Labour) Edinburgh South Pound, Stephen (Labour) Ealing North Sharma, Mr Virendra (Labour) Ealing, Southall Siddiq, Tulip (Labour) Hampstead and Kilburn Slaughter, Andy (Labour) Hammersmith Smith, Jeff (Labour) Manchester, Withington Smith, Owen (Labour) Pontypridd Stevens, Jo (Labour) Cardiff Central Timms, Stephen (Labour) East Ham West, Catherine (Labour) Hornsey and Wood Green Whitehead, Dr Alan (Labour) Southampton, Test Zeichner, Daniel (Labour) Cambridge Clarke, Mr Kenneth (Conservative) Rushcliffe Ahmed-Sheikh, Ms Tasmina (Scottish National Party) Ochil and South Perthshire Arkless, Richard (Scottish National Party) Dumfries and Galloway Bardell, Hannah (Scottish National Party) Livingston Black, Mhairi (Scottish National Party) Paisley and Renfrewshire South Blackford, Ian (Scottish National Party) Ross, Skye and Lochaber Blackman, Kirsty (Scottish National Party) Aberdeen North Boswell, Philip (Scottish National Party) Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill Brock, Deidre (Scottish National Party) Edinburgh North and Leith Brown, Alan (Scottish National Party) Kilmarnock and Loudoun Cameron, Dr Lisa (Scottish National Party) East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow Chapman, Douglas (Scottish National Party) Dunfermline and West Fife Cherry, Joanna (Scottish National Party) Edinburgh South West Cowan, Ronnie (Scottish National Party) Inverclyde Crawley, Angela (Scottish National Party) Lanark and Hamilton East Day, Martyn (Scottish National Party) Linlithgow and East Falkirk Docherty-Hughes, Martin (Scottish National Party) West Dunbartonshire Donaldson, Stuart Blair (Scottish National Party) West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Ferrier, Margaret (Scottish National Party) Rutherglen and Hamilton West Gethins, Stephen (Scottish National Party) North East Fife Gibson, Patricia (Scottish National Party) North Ayrshire and Arran Grady, Patrick (Scottish National Party) Glasgow North Grant, Peter (Scottish National Party) Glenrothes Gray, Neil (Scottish National Party) Airdrie and Shotts Hendry, Drew (Scottish National Party) Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey Hosie, Stewart (Scottish National Party) Dundee East Kerevan, George (Scottish National Party) East Lothian Kerr, Calum (Scottish National Party) Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk Law, Chris (Scottish National Party) Dundee West Mc Nally, John (Scottish National Party) Falkirk McDonald, Stewart Malcolm(Scottish National Party) Glasgow South McDonald, Stuart C. (Scottish National Party) Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East McLaughlin, Anne (Scottish National Party) Glasgow North East MacNeil, Angus Brendan (Scottish National Party) Na h-Eileanan an Iar Monaghan, Carol (Scottish National Party) Glasgow North West Monaghan, Dr Paul (Scottish National Party) Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Mullin, Roger (Scottish National Party) Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath Newlands, Gavin (Scottish National Party) Paisley and Renfrewshire North Nicolson, John (Scottish National Party) East Dunbartonshire O’Hara, Brendan (Scottish National Party) Argyll and Bute Oswald, Kirsten (Scottish National Party) East Renfrewshire Paterson, Steven (Scottish National Party) Stirling Robertson, Angus (Scottish National Party) Moray Salmond, Alex (Scottish National Party) Gordon Sheppard, Tommy (Scottish National Party) Edinburgh East Stephens, Chris (Scottish National Party) Glasgow South West Thewliss, Alison (Scottish National Party) Glasgow Central Weir, Mike (Scottish National Party) Angus Whiteford, Dr Eilidh (Scottish National Party) Banff and Buchan Whitford, Dr Philippa (Scottish National Party) Central Ayrshire Wishart, Pete (Scottish National Party) Perth and North Perthshire Brake, Tom (Liberal Democrat) Carshalton and Wallington Carmichael, Mr Alistair (Liberal Democrat) Orkney and Shetland Clegg, Mr Nick (Liberal Democrat) Sheffield, Hallam Farron, Tim (Liberal Democrat) Westmorland and Lonsdale Olney, Sarah (Liberal Democrat) Richmond Park Pugh, John (Liberal Democrat) Southport Williams, Mr Mark (Liberal Democrat) Ceredigion Durkan, Mark (Social Democratic & Labour Party) Foyle McDonnell, Dr Alasdair (Social Democratic & Labour Party) Belfast South Ritchie, Ms Margaret (Social Democratic & Labour Party) South Down McGarry, Natalie (Independent) Glasgow East Thomson, Michelle (Independent) Edinburgh West Hermon, Lady (Independent) North Down Saville Roberts, Liz (Plaid Cymru) Dwyfor Meirionnydd Williams, Hywel (Plaid Cymru) Arfon Lucas, Caroline (Green Party) Brighton, Pavilion

But passionate pro-EU Tory MP Neil Carmichael, who also backed the Brexit green light, said he had done so with “a very, very heart”.

MPs debated the bill for a further six and a half hours yesterday, after almost 12 hours in the Commons doing it on Tuesday.

During it, Remain and Leave backing Tory MPs united to warn of “a crisis in democracy” if the Commons defied the referendum result and shot down Article 50.

An earlier amendment by the SNP to try to kill because it didn’t give the Scottish government enough of a say was thrown out by 336 to 100, a majority of 236.

7 Many Labour MPs chose to ignore Jeremy Corbyn's urges to vote with the Government - as their voters backed Remain in the referendum Credit: PA

There will be a final Commons vote next Wednesday when the bill gets its third reading, before being passed to the Lords after half term recess.

A series of pro-EU Tory MPs have threatened to side with Labour next week to try to stop the PM walking away from the EU with no Brexit deal without Parliament’s say so.

The PM revealed during PMQs yesterday that she will fulfil her promise to publish a white paper blueprint of her negotiation aims in the Commons on Thursday.

Government sources said it would be a “substantial” document, not just a few pages long, and based on the 12 aims spelled out in her Lancaster House speech two weeks ago.