
Theresa May's Brexit is in tatters today - and Tory rebels are already calling on her to quit - after her deal was defeated in the Commons by 58 votes.

The Prime Minister has now hinted she will consider calling a general election after the 'grave' result and said: 'I fear we are reaching the limits of the process in this House.'

Mrs May had begged the Commons 'with all her heart' to back her deal but her motion was rejected by 344 votes to 286 - a majority of 58.

If the 28 hardcore Tory Brexiteers who deserted her today had backed the deal the PM would have only been two votes short of victory, and the momentum would have been with her. Many accused the hardcore anti-EU MPs, who have dubbed themselves Spartans, of losing the very thing they have been fighting for through their intransigence.

Six Conservative remain rebels and 10 DUP MPs also refused to side with Mrs May - while only five Labour MPs were willing to defy Jeremy Corbyn.

Britain now faces at least two more weeks of chaos as MPs on Monday start to try and force a soft Brexit in 'indicative votes'.

They will try and arrive at a majority for one option, most likely a customs union and a second referendum, before passing laws to force it on the PM.

But at the same time May is expected to use that looming threat to win backing for her deal by before Britain is due to leave the EU on April 12.

The Prime Minister has signalled she is not willing to take Britain out without a deal, and if no agreement is reached by April 12 will likely agree to a long delay.

Her comments hinting at an election could mean she would then step down to allow a new Tory leader to take over following a 12-week leadership contest and then possibly call an election. Or she could call snap election within six weeks if two-thirds of MPs back her.

No 10 has warned a third defeat meant up to five years trapped inside the EU and European Council president Donald Tusk has now called an emergency summit of leaders in Brussels on April 10 to discuss the implications of the vote.

That will infuriate the 28 hardcore Brexiteer Tory rebels who voted against her including Mark Francois, Steve Baker and Suella Braverman. The other six rebels are remainers including Dominic Grieve and Boris Johnson's brother Jo.

Hinting at a general election three years early, Theresa May told the Commons: 'I fear we are reaching the limits of this process in this House. This House has rejected no-deal. It has rejected no Brexit. On Wednesday it rejected all the variations of the deal on the table, and today it has rejected approving the Withdrawal Agreement alone and continuing a process on the future'.

Afterwards her official spokesman refused three times to deny that a general election is now on the table. He also did not deny Mrs May could bring her deal back for a fourth vote before April 12.

As the result came in thousands of pro-Brexit protesters gathered in Parliament Square chanting 'disgrace', 'shame on you' and 'we want Brexit now' at the culmination of a 270-mile march from Sunderland that started a fortnight ago.

Theresa May heads back to Downing Street after her deal was defeated for a third time and hinted that a general election is an option

Thousands of Brexit protesters gathered in Parliament Square with many chanting 'disgrace' and 'shame on you' as MPs voted to delay Brexit again

With the vote on Mrs May's deal going against her for the third time, it emerged:

Theresa May faces choice of general election, bringing vote back or asking the EU for a long extension - but her own MPs are already calling on her to quit;

PM failed to convince Tory Brexiteers, the DUP and Labour rebels to switch despite begging 'with all her heart'

MPs led by Sir Oliver Letwin and Yvette Cooper could now change the law next week to force Mrs May to pursue a soft Brexit option, such as a customs union and second referendum;

Experts predict a general election would not break the Brexit deadlock and the public are also against it;

Thousands gathered for a pro-Brexit rally outside Parliament on day Britain was meant to leave EU;

ERG chairman Steve Baker, who has vowed never to vote for the PM's EU divorce, said: 'This must be the final defeat for Theresa May's Deal.

WHAT HAPPENS NOW THAT MAY'S DEAL HAS FAILED? What happens now that May's deal has failed? MPs will try to force a soft Brexit next week - and No 10 has threatened to call an election rather than be railroaded. Technically Brexit day will be reset to April 12, but rebel MPs have already started the process to delay that by months or even years. On Monday, MPs will have more 'indicative votes' to choose a Brexit alternative. Momentum is gaining for a majority to form behind agreeing a customs union with the EU and holding a second referendum. Once MPs have a majority for a Brexit alternative, they will try to pass a law on Wednesday to force Theresa May to adopt their plan. Ministers have threatened to call an election if MPs force them into a soft Brexit - and at this point May could call one. The PM can call an election by getting a two thirds majority of MPs - which is unlikely to be difficult because Labour also want one. A snap election would be incredibly messy and would likely deliver a similar division among the parties. May could instead announce she is stepping down, agree a long delay to Brexit to hold an election and Tory leadership contest. A delay to Brexit would also mean Britain must participate in EU elections at the end of May. Advertisement

'It's finished. And we must move on. It has not passed. It will not pass. I regret to say it is time for Theresa May to follow through on her words and make way so that a new leader can deliver a Withdrawal Agreement which will be passed by Parliament. This has been a tragic waste of time and energy for the country. We can waste no more.'

Before the vote the Prime Minister had begged MPs 'with all her heart' to vote for her deal and warned: 'If you don't vote for the motion, people will ask why you didn't vote for Brexit?'

But it failed to convince, and Mrs May said after today's defeat: 'I think it should be a matter of profound regret to every member of this House that once again we have been unable to support leaving the European Union in an orderly fashion.

'The implications of the House's decision are grave. The legal default now is that the United Kingdom is due to leave the European Union on April 12 - in just 14 days' time.

'This is not enough time to agree, legislate for and ratify a deal, and yet the House has been clear it will not permit leaving without a deal. And so we will have to agree an alternative way forward'.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn also called for Mrs May to step aside and for a general election to be held.

Mr Corbyn said: 'The House has been clear this deal now has to change. There has to be an alternative found.

'If the Prime Minister can't accept that then she must go. Not at an indeterminate date in the future, but now, so that we can decide the future of this country through a general election.'

No 10 will now consider to call a snap general election if MPs try to pass laws to force May to pursue their option next week.

Downing Street said that despite the Government losing the vote, it was still not an 'inevitability' that the UK would have to take part in elections to the European Parliament in May.

A No 10 source indicated that the Prime Minister would continue to seek support in the Commons for her deal.

'Clearly it was not the result we wanted. But, that said, we have had a number of senior Conservative colleagues who have felt able to vote with the Government today. They have done so in higher numbers than previously,' the source said.

'Clearly there is more work to do. We are at least going in the right direction.'

Theresa May listens to the speaker John Bercow after her Brexit deal was defeated for a third time today

The tellers line up to deliver the result of the vote on the government's Withdrawal Agreement in the House of Commons. The PM's motion was rejected by 344 votes to 286 - a majority of 58

The European Union has now summoned leaders to an extraordinary summit next month warning that Britain is now 'likely' to crash out of the bloc on April 12 without a Brexit deal.

The 28 Tory Brexiteer 'spartans' who rebelled against their own leader The 28 Conservative Brexiteer MPs who rebelled to vote against the motion were: Adam Afriyie (Windsor), Steve Baker (Wycombe), John Baron (Basildon and Billericay), Peter Bone (Wellingborough), Suella Braverman (Fareham), Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire), Bill Cash (Stone), Christopher Chope (Christchurch), James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East), Mark Francois (Rayleigh and Wickford), Marcus Fysh (Yeovil), Philip Hollobone (Kettering), Adam Holloway (Gravesham), Ranil Jayawardena (North East Hampshire), Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex), Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood), David Jones (Clwyd West), Julian Lewis (New Forest East), Julia Lopez (Hornchurch and Upminster), Craig Mackinlay (South Thanet), Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot), Priti Patel (Witham), Owen Paterson (North Shropshire), John Redwood (Wokingham), Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury), Andrew Rosindell (Romford), Lee Rowley (North East Derbyshire), Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet). ...and the six Tory remainers Guto Bebb (Aberconwy), Justine Greening (Putney), Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield), Sam Gyimah (East Surrey), Joseph Johnson (Orpington), Phillip Lee (Bracknell). Advertisement

'In view of the rejection of the Withdrawal Agreement by the House of Commons, I have decided to call a European Council on 10 April,' tweeted Donald Tusk, the head of the European Council.

And European Commission secretary general Martin Selmayr - the right-hand man to president Jean-Claude Juncker - tweeted: 'April 12 is now the new March 29 #Brexit.'

MPs reflecting on the defeat admitted that all Brexit options are on the table.

Transport Secretary Chris Grayling told the BBC: 'What the House has just done is to vote effectively to leave this country either leaving the EU on April 12 with no deal, reversing Brexit or kicking it into the far long grass.

'I don't think that's what the majority in this country wants. We are going to have to think very hard over the next few hours how we respond to that. This is a hugely disappointing response that is absolutely not in the national interest.'

Mr Grayling said that Mrs May had made very clear that she will not ask for a Brexit extension beyond June. He said Cabinet ministers would be 'talking extensively' this evening and over the weekend.

Britain was 'in pretty good shape' to leave without a deal if necessary, said Mr Grayling, though he stressed this was not his preferred outcome.

Brexiteer Michael Fabricant tweeted: 'Withdrawal Agreement loses by 58 votes. The likelihood of a Customs Union now looms because of the #Remainer Parliament.'

Conservative MP Steve Brine, who quit as a health minister this week to fight a no-deal Brexit, told the BBC: 'It is now coming to the endgame, and everything is back on the table, including revoke, including second referendum, including a general election.

'I really do think all the options are on the table.'

Mr Brine urged ministers to listen to MPs' decisions when they vote on Brexit options again on Monday.

'If Parliament can come up with something as a consensus, it would be crazy to say 'No, sorry, we will walk away with no deal',' he said.

Solicitor general Robert Buckland told the BBC: 'The prospect of no Brexit is becoming a very real one indeed.'

Furious Theresa May blasts John Bercow for wrecking her Brexit withdrawal agreement by blocking all amendments before MPs rejected it for a third time John Bercow delivered another blow to the Tories by blocking an amendment from Labour MPs that could have swing behind the deal. Mrs May was defeated Furious Theresa May had a pop at John Bercow for wrecking her Brexit withdrawal agreement by blocking all amendments before MPs rejected it for a third time Theresa May blasted John Bercow for intervening to wreck her Brexit plans again as he blocked all amendments to her deal today. One of the proposals the Speaker barred was tabled by Labour backbencher Gareth Snell and sought to guarantee Parliament a say on the trade talks phase of the negotiations. Attorney General Geoffrey Cox said the Government would have accepted the amendment if it had come to a vote - meaning it could have brought some Labour MPs on board and helped Mrs May win today. Before the vote on her Brexit deal this afternoon, Theresa May said it was unfortunate that the Speaker had not selected the Labour amendment because the government would have accepted it. She said: 'Mr Speaker, if you had selected the amendment in the name of the honourable member for Stoke on Trent Central and others, the Government would have accepted it, and if this motion carries today we will bring forward a withdrawal agreement bill that will include commitments to implement that amendment and will discuss the specific drafting of that with those who supported the amendment.' The Speaker has already come under fire for his alleged Remain sympathies, and was accused of sabotaging a third vote on May's deal before the EU summit last week by saying she had to change the deal before it could be brought back to the commons. In the hope of salvaging her concessions, Mrs May promised MPs she would make sure laws implementing the deal still reflect the plan in the event she pulls off an unlikely victory. Advertisement

Mr Buckland said that among MPs there had been 'a lot of wishful thinking about being able to go back time and time again and not enough thinking about things from the EU's point of view'.

He warned: 'We can't guarantee we will get a further extension. That very much depends on what the French and other countries think. We are in completely uncharted waters.'

International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt tweeted: 'Deeply saddened and disappointed by this result. The referendum decision must be implemented.

The British public and businesses want us to get this done now.'

The DUP has encouraged the Government to return to Brussels to deal with the backstop issue.

Westminster leader Nigel Dodds said: 'We deeply regret the numerous missed opportunities by those who negotiated on behalf of the UK to listen to our warnings about the dangers of the backstop and to take steps to remedy those deficiencies.

'Over the coming weeks and months, we will continue to play a central role to chart a route that respects the democratic desire to leave the European Union but that does so in a way that strengthens our United Kingdom.'

Tory MP Nick Boles has shared on Twitter a motion he has lodged for what he calls 'the Common Market 2.0'.

He captioned a picture of the motion: 'A broad cross-party group including MPs from five parties and both Leavers and Remainers has just laid the Common Market 2.0 motion for Monday. No other compromise has the same breadth of support.'

Labour's Hilary Benn, chairman of the Commons Brexit committee, said Mrs May had been defeated by a 'considerable margin', telling the Press Association: 'The priority is to ensure that we don't leave without a deal in 14 days' time. And, therefore, we have to get an extension.'

Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tweeted: 'Third defeat for PM's bad deal - she must now accept that it's dead. The Commons will now return on Monday to find a way forward.

'I hope that will be to put the issue back to the people and/or revoke Article 50 - but @theSNP will work with others to find the best option possible.'

Attorney General Geoffrey Cox opened the crunch debate this morning by telling MPs this is the 'last opportunity' to back the deal and cranking up the pressure he said: 'This should've been the day we left the European Union'.

The Prime Minister's chances of her win had been boosted at 12.30pm when leading Tory Brexiteer Dominic Raab changed his mind and said he would back the PM - but her prospects of victory fell apart when the DUP said they wouldn't back her.

Mr Raab said this afternoon: 'I cannot countenance another longer extension and cannot countenance holding European elections in May. I will vote for the motion'.

But the DUP deserted her and their Brexit spokesman Sammy Wilson called May's Brexit deal a 'con trick' in the Commons this afternoon.

Attorney General Geoffrey Cox (right) opened the crunch Commons debate with Theresa May watching behind by telling MPs this is the 'last opportunity' to back the deal and cranking up the pressure he said: 'This should've been the day we left the European Union'

DUP MP Sammy Wilson said the party would not vote for it 'today or in the future', leaving Mrs May's hopes of getting her deal through unlikely despite Brexiteer ringleader Dominic Raab deciding to back it at the 11th hour today

Britain faces a hung Parliament if another general election is held Sir John Curitce's latest numbers suggest a near identical Commons would be returned - accept with slightly weaker Tory and Labour parties in a more hung parliament If No 10 does call another general election Britain faces another hung Parliament, according to the latest polling on the issue. The majority of public is also opposed to going back to the polls to break the Brexit deadlock at Westminster. But Theresa May may be forced to call a possible snap general election within weeks if she loses because remainer MPs will try to force her to deliver a soft Brexit or a second referendum. Now she has lost MPs are preparing to force a soft Brexit and long delay to leaving the EU upon May next week. No 10 has threatened to call a general election rather than be forced into a soft Brexit - but looming over that threat is a new forecast of what might happen in a snap election by polling expert Sir John Curtice. But Sir John's latest numbers suggest a near identical Commons would be returned - accept with slightly weaker Tory and Labour parties in a more hung parliament. The figures suggest even the dramatic step of a new general election would do little to break the stalemate. The PM hopes this bleak outlook will persuade Labour MPs to back it as the party has accepted the divorce deal - but she is set to be disappointed. She needs 75 more votes than she got on March 12 to win. Polls since the 2017 election have seen the two main parties mostly neck and neck. The Tories have held a narrow lead in recent months Advertisement

Earlier, in a boost for Mrs May, Boris Johnson said he would back her and said: 'It is very painful to vote for this deal. But I hope we can now work together to remedy its defects, avoid the backstop trap and strive to deliver the Brexit people voted for'.

Brexiteer Iain Duncan Smith also revealed he will now support the Government and said: 'If we say we stand up for 17.4 million people then we have to get those people what they asked for, to leave the EU. This now is the only way'.

Most observers expected May to lose the vote by around 50 because the 10 DUP MPs and more than 25 hardcore Brexiteer rebels were expected to vote against her.

Brexiteers held firm with ERG member Mark Francois saying today he will never back the deal, adding: 'You can't hold your nose when you are holding your hands up and surrendering'.

And Labour rebels were unwilling rescue the PM's deal with potential switcher Lisa Nandy saying Mrs May's resignation pact with Boris Johnson and Brexiteers l. Melanie Onn also ruled it out because of the upcoming Tory leadership battle and said: 'Which Donkey would we be pinning our tail to?'

Mrs May's mission was made even harder when Speaker John Bercow ruled out any amendments today - including a plan from some Labour MPs seeking to guarantee Parliament a role in the trade talks phase of negotiations. It could have swung some votes to the PM's deal.

A Whitehall source said another defeat for the Prime Minister's deal could see Brexit delayed for up to five years.

'Once you have taken part in the European elections, there is no limit on the number of extensions you could have during the lifetime of the parliament,' they said.

Today International Trade Secretary Liam Fox warned that voters would feel 'betrayed' if the deal was not passed and Brexit was not delivered, opening a 'chasm of distrust' between voters and the political system.

He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: 'This is a great historic moment for our country, this is about whether Parliament does what Parliament wants or whether Parliament does what the people want. I fear for the consequences if Parliament chooses to utterly ignore a promise that they made directly to the voters.'

Mrs May is now likely to have to return to the EU to seek another, longer delay – guaranteeing we would elect MEPs.

Conservative former leader Iain Duncan Smith said he would back the motion to get Brexit going, warning a longer extension on April 12 would mean the UK 'will never leave' the EU.

He said: 'We are in a chamber of people who really don't want to leave the European Union at all and I know and honour my friends who have fought and campaigned to get this changed.

'If we say we stand up for 17.4 million people then we have to get those people what they asked for - to leave the European Union and this now is the only way.'

Ministers hope the symbolism of MPs voting on the day the UK was originally due to leave the European Union will pile pressure on opponents of the deal to back down. They also believe the public would blame MPs for blocking Brexit.

The March to Leave protesters have walked more than 200 miles from Sunderland to Parliament Square and cheered on speakers calling for a No Deal

MPs bore the brunt of chants from the crowds outside Parliament and were branded traitors for failing to deliver Brexit

This banner was put up in front of the statue of Oliver Cromwell outside the House of Commons today

Anti-Brexit campaigner Steve Bray (L) and pro-Brexit campaigner Joseph Afrane go nose-to-nose outside Parliament on the day Britain was due to leave the EU

Police are surrounding thousands of Brexit supporters in Parliament today - March 29 - the day Britain was meant to leave the EU

Pro-Brexit leave the European Union supporters take part in the final leg of the 'March to Leave' as it arrives in Westminster after a 200-mile journey

Pro-Brexit demonstrators carry placards and Union flags as they gather in Parliament Square

Pro-Brexit protesters take part in the March to Leave demonstration, as they walk along the River Thames with many holding 'Believe in Britain' banners

Tory MPs have openly admitted that unless today's deal is passed they will have 'betrayed' those who voted for Brexit

The 344 MPs including 24 Tories who voted to block Brexit 34 Conservative MPs: Adam Afriyie (Windsor), Steve Baker (Wycombe), John Baron (Basildon and Billericay), Guto Bebb (Aberconwy), Peter Bone (Wellingborough), Suella Braverman (Fareham), Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire), William Cash (Stone), Christopher Chope (Christchurch), James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East), Mark Francois (Rayleigh and Wickford), Marcus Fysh (Yeovil), Justine Greening (Putney), Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield), Sam Gyimah (East Surrey), Philip Hollobone (Kettering), Adam Holloway (Gravesham), Ranil Jayawardena (North East Hampshire), Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex), Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood), Joseph Johnson (Orpington), David Jones (Clwyd West), Phillip Lee (Bracknell), Julian Lewis (New Forest East), Julia Lopez (Hornchurch and Upminster), Craig Mackinlay (South Thanet), Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot), Priti Patel (Witham), Owen Paterson (North Shropshire), John Redwood (Wokingham), Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury), Andrew Rosindell (Romford), Lee Rowley (North East Derbyshire), Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet). 234 Labour MPs: Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington), Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth), Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow), Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting), Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale), Tonia Antoniazzi (Gower), Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South), Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West), Margaret Beckett (Derby South), Hilary Benn (Leeds Central), Clive Betts (Sheffield South East), Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham), Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central), Tracy Brabin (Batley and Spen), Ben Bradshaw (Exeter), Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West), Lyn Brown (West Ham), Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East), Chris Bryant (Rhondda), Karen Buck (Westminster North), Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield), Richard Burgon (Leeds East), Dawn Butler (Brent Central), Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill), Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth), Alan Campbell (Tynemouth), Dan Carden (Liverpool, Walton), Sarah Champion (Rotherham), Jenny Chapman (Darlington), Bambos Charalambous (Enfield, Southgate), Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley), Vernon Coaker (Gedling), Julie Cooper (Burnley), Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford), Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North), Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark), David Crausby (Bolton North East), Mary Creagh (Wakefield), Stella Creasy (Walthamstow), Jon Cruddas (Dagenham and Rainham), John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead), Judith Cummins (Bradford South), Alex Cunningham (Stockton North), Jim Cunningham (Coventry South), Janet Daby (Lewisham East), Wayne David (Caerphilly), Geraint Davies (Swansea West), Marsha De Cordova (Battersea), Gloria De Piero (Ashfield), Emma Dent Coad (Kensington), Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough), Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East), Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth), Peter Dowd (Bootle), David Drew (Stroud), Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington), Rosie Duffield (Canterbury), Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood), Angela Eagle (Wallasey), Clive Efford (Eltham), Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central), Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside), Chris Elmore (Ogmore), Bill Esterson (Sefton Central), Chris Evans (Islwyn), Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme), Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East), Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield), Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford), James Frith (Bury North), Gill Furniss (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough), Hugh Gaffney (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill), Barry Gardiner (Brent North), Ruth George (High Peak), Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston), Mary Glindon (North Tyneside), Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green), Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland), Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston), Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South), Margaret Greenwood (Wirral West), Nia Griffith (Llanelli), John Grogan (Keighley), Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish), Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley), Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East), David Hanson (Delyn), Emma Hardy (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle), Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham), Carolyn Harris (Swansea East), Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood), Sue Hayman (Workington), John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne), Mark Hendrick (Preston), Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow), Mike Hill (Hartlepool), Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch), Margaret Hodge (Barking), Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West), Kate Hoey (Vauxhall), Kate Hollern (Blackburn), George Howarth (Knowsley), Rupa Huq (Ealing Central and Acton), Imran Hussain (Bradford East), Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central), Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North), Darren Jones (Bristol North West), Gerald Jones (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney), Graham P Jones (Hyndburn), Helen Jones (Warrington North), Kevan Jones (North Durham), Sarah Jones (Croydon Central), Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South), Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East), Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South), Liz Kendall (Leicester West), Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton), Ged Killen (Rutherglen and Hamilton West), Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon), Peter Kyle (Hove), Lesley Laird (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath), David Lammy (Tottenham), Ian Lavery (Wansbeck), Karen Lee (Lincoln), Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields), Clive Lewis (Norwich South), Tony Lloyd (Rochdale), Rebecca Long Bailey (Salford and Eccles), Ian C. Lucas (Wrexham), Holly Lynch (Halifax), Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston), Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham, Perry Barr), Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood), Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston), Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South), Sandy Martin (Ipswich), Rachael Maskell (York Central), Christian Matheson (City of Chester), Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak), Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East), Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden), Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough), John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington), Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East), Conor McGinn (St Helens North), Alison McGovern (Wirral South), Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton), Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North), Jim McMahon (Oldham West and Royton), Anna McMorrin (Cardiff North), Ian Mearns (Gateshead), Edward Miliband (Doncaster North), Madeleine Moon (Bridgend), Jessica Morden (Newport East), Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South), Grahame Morris (Easington), Ian Murray (Edinburgh South), Lisa Nandy (Wigan), Alex Norris (Nottingham North), Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby), Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central), Kate Osamor (Edmonton), Albert Owen (Ynys Mon), Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East), Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead), Matthew Pennycook (Greenwich and Woolwich), Toby Perkins (Chesterfield), Jess Phillips (Birmingham, Yardley), Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South), Laura Pidcock (North West Durham), Jo Platt (Leigh), Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport), Stephen Pound (Ealing North), Lucy Powell (Manchester Central), Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East), Faisal Rashid (Warrington South), Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne), Steve Reed (Croydon North), Christina Rees (Neath), Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and Penge), Rachel Reeves (Leeds West), Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East), Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde), Marie Rimmer (St Helens South and Whiston), Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry North West), Matt Rodda (Reading East), Danielle Rowley (Midlothian), Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd), Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Brighton, Kemptown), Naz Shah (Bradford West), Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall), Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield), Paula Sherriff (Dewsbury), Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn), Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith), Ruth Smeeth (Stoke-on-Trent North), Cat Smith (Lancaster and Fleetwood), Eleanor Smith (Wolverhampton South West), Jeff Smith (Manchester, Withington), Laura Smith (Crewe and Nantwich), Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent), Owen Smith (Pontypridd), Karin Smyth (Bristol South), Gareth Snell (Stoke-on-Trent Central), Alex Sobel (Leeds North West), John Spellar (Warley), Keir Starmer (Holborn and St Pancras), Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central), Wes Streeting (Ilford North), Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton), Paul Sweeney (Glasgow North East), Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside), Gareth Thomas (Harrow West), Nick Thomas-Symonds (Torfaen), Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury), Stephen Timms (East Ham), Jon Trickett (Hemsworth), Anna Turley (Redcar), Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East), Derek Twigg (Halton), Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby), Liz Twist (Blaydon), Keith Vaz (Leicester East), Valerie Vaz (Walsall South), Thelma Walker (Colne Valley), Tom Watson (West Bromwich East), Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green), Matt Western (Warwick and Leamington), Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test), Martin Whitfield (East Lothian), Paul Williams (Stockton South), Phil Wilson (Sedgefield), Mohammad Yasin (Bedford), Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge). 34 Scottish National Party MPs: Hannah Bardell (Livingston), Mhairi Black (Paisley and Renfrewshire South), Ian Blackford (Ross, Skye and Lochaber), Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North), Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith), Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun), Lisa Cameron (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow), Douglas Chapman (Dunfermline and West Fife), Joanna Cherry (Edinburgh South West), Ronnie Cowan (Inverclyde), Angela Crawley (Lanark and Hamilton East), Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk), Martin Docherty-Hughes (West Dunbartonshire), Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw), Stephen Gethins (North East Fife), Patricia Gibson (North Ayrshire and Arran), Patrick Grady (Glasgow North), Peter Grant (Glenrothes), Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts), Drew Hendry (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey), Stewart Hosie (Dundee East), Chris Law (Dundee West), David Linden (Glasgow East), Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar), Stewart Malcolm McDonald (Glasgow South), Stuart C. McDonald (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East), Carol Monaghan (Glasgow North West), Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North), Brendan O'Hara (Argyll and Bute), Tommy Sheppard (Edinburgh East), Chris Stephens (Glasgow South West), Alison Thewliss (Glasgow Central), Philippa Whitford (Central Ayrshire), Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire). 11 Liberal Democrat MPs: Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington), Vince Cable (Twickenham), Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland), Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton), Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale), Wera Hobhouse (Bath), Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West), Norman Lamb (North Norfolk), Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon), Jamie Stone (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross), Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire). 10 Democratic Unionist Party MPs: Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry), Nigel Dodds (Belfast North), Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley), Paul Girvan (South Antrim), Emma Little Pengelly (Belfast South), Ian Paisley (North Antrim), Gavin Robinson (Belfast East), Jim Shannon (Strangford), David Simpson (Upper Bann), Sammy Wilson (East Antrim). Four Plaid Cymru MPs: Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr), Ben Lake (Ceredigion), Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd), Hywel Williams (Arfon). One Green Party MP: Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion). 16 Independent MPs: Heidi Allen (South Cambridgeshire), Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree), Ann Coffey (Stockport), Mike Gapes (Ilford South), Chris Leslie (Nottingham East), Ivan Lewis (Bury South), Jared O'Mara (Sheffield, Hallam), Fiona Onasanya (Peterborough), Joan Ryan (Enfield North), Gavin Shuker (Luton South), Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge), Anna Soubry (Broxtowe), Chuka Umunna (Streatham), Chris Williamson (Derby North), Sarah Wollaston (Totnes), John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness). Advertisement

Remainer MPs who quit Labour and the Tories will register as a new party called Change UK in time for Euro elections in June The Independent Group set up by MPs who defected from Labour and the Conservatives has applied to register as a political party in order to be able to fight European elections if they take place this year. The group will stand under the party label Change UK - The Independent Group if polls are held on May 23. Former Conservative Heidi Allen (pictured last night) has been selected as interim leader of the new party. The UK will have to stage elections to the European Parliament as a condition of any further delay to Brexit. Defeat for Prime Minister Theresa May in a vote on her Withdrawal Agreement in the House of Commons on Friday would greatly increase the likelihood of an application on April 12 for a long extension to the Brexit process. In order to stand candidates in the European polls, conducted on a regional proportional representation system, any group must be registered as a political party with the European Commission. Ms Allen said: 'Today marks a huge step forward on The Independent Group's journey to becoming a fully-fledged political party, so I am delighted to have been chosen as our interim leader. 'If we are to deliver on our ambition to change politics for the better, it is vital that we attract support from people from every walk of life, every political background and none. 'Coming into the House of Commons from running my manufacturing business in 2015, I have seen with my own eyes how improved our political system would be if it harnessed the diverse skills and experience of our country. 'We in Change UK, as we hope to be known, don't just dream about a fairer and better future for our country, we are determined to unleash it through hard work, passion and shared endeavour.' TIG spokesman Chuka Umunna said Change UK would aim to put forward a 'substantial' number of MEP candidates with backgrounds from outside politics. 'There is clearly an appetite for an alternative to our broken politics which needs fundamental change, as shown by the disastrous Brexit process which has occurred under the watch of the two main parties,' said Mr Umunna. Advertisement

Commons Speaker John Bercow, who had threatened to block a third vote on Mrs May's deal unless it was 'substantially' different, last night approved the vote, saying the decision to split the deal met his test.

But senior Tories acknowledge they face an uphill battle.

Mrs May's DUP allies last night said they would vote against the deal, despite days of frantic negotiations to win them round.

And despite Mrs May offering to resign before the second stage of Brexit talks, only a trickle of Tory Eurosceptics have switched sides.

MPs will today vote only on the withdrawal agreement, which sets out the separation terms.

They will not vote on the 'political declaration', which sets out the Government's vision for a close economic partnership outside both the customs union and single market.

The two documents have previously been bundled together.

Until now, Labour has objected to only the political declaration.

Justice minister Rory Stewart acknowledged that, with a bunch of hardline Eurosceptics dubbed 'the Spartans' still holding out, the Government would need the backing of some Labour MPs.

He said: 'What happens depends on Labour. The Labour front bench has said their problem is with the political declaration, not the withdrawal agreement. There is no reason for them to oppose it.'

But former minister Richard Benyon said Tory hardliners also had to face the reality that if they continue to reject the deal they will face a soft Brexit – or risk not leaving the EU at all.

He added: 'They need to recognise that there will be a softer Brexit if they don't help get this through. And tough on them, frankly.'

Whitehall sources had acknowledged that the odds are stacked against her winning today's vote.

And she is running out of options. MPs are due to seize control of the parliamentary agenda again on Monday in the hope of identifying a majority for options such as a customs union or a second referendum.

Mrs May has said she will not accept options that breach the last Tory manifesto.

One ally of Mrs May said she would have little choice but to call an election, as pursuing a customs union would tear the Tories apart.

As senior Tories began campaigning to replace Mrs May as party leader, one Cabinet minister raged last night: 'Everyone is building leadership campaigns and just looking at the prize. But no one is doing anything to get the deal done.

'There's going to be nothing left! They're going to be fighting to be leader of the opposition.'

British Prime Minister Theresa May heads for the House of Commons today where she faces a third attempt to get her meaningful vote through

Iain Duncan-Smith (pictured arriving at Parliament) said he backs the deal because the 'balance of risk has changed' and told the Commons: 'We are in a chamber of MPs who don't want to leave the EU at all'

The Commons held an emergency debate and vote on the PM's deal. Jeremy Corbyn refused to back it after 20 minutes on the phone with Mrs May last night but her deputy David Lidington and International Trade Secretary Liam Fox battled and failed to get enough votes

How did your MP vote on the deal? May got back 41 Tory Brexiteer rebels but still lost 344 to 286 in third vote on her plan

Theresa May got back 41 Brexiteer rebels in the third vote on her deal - but still lost by 344 to 286 in today's showdown.

The Prime Minister failed to win over the DUP and their 10 MPs and was still defied by 34 MPs - 28 hard Brexiteers and six pro-EU Remainers.

The Brexiteer rebels include Priti Patel, the former Aid Secretary seen by some as a possible leadership contender, and former Cabinet ministers Owen Paterson, David Jones and Theresa Villiers.

The group is made of the so-called 'Spartans' in the hardline European Research Group who have vowed never to back the deal.

The six Remain Tories are all former ministers - Dominic Grieve, Justine Greening, Sam Gyimah, Guto Bebb, Jo Johnson and Philip Lee.

Switchers from the last vote on March 12 were led by Brexiteers Boris Johnson, Dominic Raab and Jacob Rees-Mogg - who all admitted their fear of no Brexit at all was greater than their worries over the deal.

Mrs May got five Labour MPs in her lobby today - two better than the last vote as Rosie Cooper and Jim Fitzpatrick joined Kevin Barron, Caroline Flint and John Mann.

The hold-out Brexiteer rebels have dubbed themselves the 'Spartans' and include (from left) Steve Baker, Suella Braverman and Mark Francois

How did your MP vote as May's deal was defeated for a third time today? Theresa May's Brexit deal was defeated by a majority of 58 today - the third time it was crushed. Listed below are how every MP voted. It does not count the four Speakers or seven Sinn Fein MPs. Tories Andrew Stephenson and Craig Whittaker were tellers for the Ayes, while Labour MPs Nic Dakin and Thangam Debbonaire were tellers for the Noes. Four MPs missed the vote today - Labour MPs Ronnie Campbell and Dennis Skinner, Independent Kelvin Hopkins and SNP John McNally. TORY AYES (286) Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty), Bim Afolami (Hitchin and Harpenden) Peter Aldous (Waveney), Lucy Allan (Telford), David Amess (Southend West), Stuart Andrew (Pudsey), Edward Argar (Charnwood), Victoria Atkins (Louth and Horncastle), Richard Bacon (South Norfolk), Kemi Badenoch (Saffron Walden), Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire), Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire), Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk), Richard Benyon (Newbury), Paul Beresford (Mole Valley), Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen), Bob Blackman (Harrow East), Crispin Blunt (Reigate), Nick Boles (Grantham and Stamford), Peter Bottomley (Worthing West), Andrew Bowie (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine), Ben Bradley (Mansfield), Karen Bradley (Staffordshire Moorlands), Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West), Jack Brereton (Stoke-on-Trent South), Steve Brine (Winchester), James Brokenshire (Old Bexley and Sidcup), Fiona Bruce (Congleton), Robert Buckland (South Swindon), Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar), Conor Burns (Bournemouth West), Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire), Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan), James Cartlidge (South Suffolk), Maria Caulfield (Lewes), Alex Chalk (Cheltenham), Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham), Jo Churchill (Bury St Edmunds), Colin Clark (Gordon), Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells), Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe), Simon Clarke (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland), James Cleverly (Braintree), Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds), Therese Coffey (Suffolk Coastal), Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe), Alberto Costa (South Leicestershire), Robert Courts (Witney), Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon), Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire), Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford), Chris Davies (Brecon and Radnorshire), David T. C. Davies (Monmouth), Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire), Mims Davies (Eastleigh), Philip Davies (Shipley) David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden), Caroline Dinenage (Gosport), Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon), Leo Docherty (Aldershot), Michelle Donelan (Chippenham), Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire), Steve Double (St Austell and Newquay), Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere), Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock), Richard Drax (South Dorset), David Duguid (Banff and Buchan), Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green), Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton), Philip Dunne (Ludlow), Michael Ellis (Northampton North), Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East), Charlie Elphicke (Dover), George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth), Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley), David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford), Michael Fabricant (Lichfield), Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks), Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster), Vicky Ford (Chelmsford), Kevin Foster (Torbay), Liam Fox (North Somerset), Lucy Frazer (South East Cambridgeshire), George Freeman (Mid Norfolk), Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green), Roger Gale (North Thanet), Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest), David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire), Nusrat Ghani (Wealden), Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton), Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham), John Glen (Salisbury), Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park), Robert Goodwill (Scarborough and Whitby), Michael Gove (Surrey Heath), Luke Graham (Ochil and South Perthshire), Richard Graham (Gloucester), Bill Grant (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock), Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald), James Gray (North Wiltshire), Chris Grayling (Epsom and Ewell), Chris Green (Bolton West), Damian Green (Ashford), Andrew Griffiths (Burton), Kirstene Hair (Angus), Robert Halfon (Harlow), Luke Hall (Thornbury and Yate), Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge), Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon), Matt Hancock (West Suffolk), Greg Hands (Chelsea and Fulham), Mark Harper (Forest of Dean), Richard Harrington (Watford), Rebecca Harris (Castle Point), Trudy Harrison (Copeland), Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire), John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings), Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire), James Heappey (Wells), Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry), Peter Heaton-Jones (North Devon), Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey), Nick Herbert (Arundel and South Downs), Damian Hinds (East Hampshire), Simon Hoare (North Dorset), George Hollingbery (Meon Valley), Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton), John Howell (Henley), Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire), Eddie Hughes (Walsall North), Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey), Nick Hurd (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner), Alister Jack (Dumfries and Galloway), Margot James (Stourbridge), Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove), Robert Jenrick (Newark), Boris Johnson (Uxbridge and South Ruislip), Caroline Johnson (Sleaford and North Hykeham), Gareth Johnson (Dartford), Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough), Marcus Jones (Nuneaton), Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham), Gillian Keegan (Chichester), Seema Kennedy (South Ribble), Stephen Kerr (Stirling), Julian Knight (Solihull), Greg Knight (East Yorkshire), Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne), John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk), Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North), Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire), Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire), Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford), Edward Leigh (Gainsborough), Oliver Letwin (West Dorset), Andrew Lewer (Northampton South), Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth), Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater and West Somerset), David Lidington (Aylesbury), Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke), Jonathan Lord (Woking), Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham), Rachel Maclean (Redditch), Anne Main (St Albans), Alan Mak (Havant), Kit Malthouse (North West Hampshire), Scott Mann (North Cornwall), Paul Masterton (East Renfrewshire), Theresa May (Maidenhead), Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys), Patrick McLoughlin (Derbyshire Dales), Stephen McPartland (Stevenage), Esther McVey (Tatton), Mark Menzies (Fylde), Johnny Mercer (Plymouth, Moor View), Huw Merriman (Bexhill and Battle), Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock), Maria Miller (Basingstoke), Amanda Milling (Cannock Chase), Nigel Mills (Amber Valley), Anne Milton (Guildford), Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield), Damien Moore (Southport), Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North), Nicky Morgan (Loughborough), David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale), James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis), Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills), David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale), Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall), Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire), Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst), Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth), Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North), Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire), Neil O'Brien (Harborough), Matthew Offord (Hendon), Guy Opperman (Hexham), Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton), Mark Pawsey (Rugby), Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead), John Penrose (Weston-super-Mare), Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole), Claire Perry (Devizes), Chris Philp (Croydon South), Christopher Pincher (Tamworth), Dan Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich), Rebecca Pow (Taunton Deane), Victoria Prentis (Banbury), Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford), Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin), Tom Pursglove (Corby), Jeremy Quin (Horsham), Will Quince (Colchester), Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton), Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset), Mary Robinson (Cheadle), Douglas Ross (Moray), Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye), David Rutley (Macclesfield), Antoinette Sandbach (Eddisbury), Paul Scully (Sutton and Cheam), Bob Seely (Isle of Wight), Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire), Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield), Alok Sharma (Reading West), Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell), Keith Simpson (Broadland), Chris Skidmore (Kingswood), Chloe Smith (Norwich North), Henry Smith (Crawley), Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon), Royston Smith (Southampton, Itchen), Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex), Caroline Spelman (Meriden), Mark Spencer (Sherwood), John Stevenson (Carlisle), Bob Stewart (Beckenham), Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South), Rory Stewart (Penrith and The Border), Gary Streeter (South West Devon), Mel Stride (Central Devon), Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness), Julian Sturdy (York Outer), Rishi Sunak (Richmond (Yorks)), Desmond Swayne (New Forest West), Hugo Swire (East Devon), Robert Syms (Poole), Derek Thomas (St Ives), Ross Thomson (Aberdeen South), Maggie Throup (Erewash), Kelly Tolhurst (Rochester and Strood), Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon), Michael Tomlinson (Mid Dorset and North Poole), Craig Tracey (North Warwickshire), David Tredinnick (Bosworth), Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Berwick-upon-Tweed), Elizabeth Truss (South West Norfolk), Tom Tugendhat (Tonbridge and Malling), Edward Vaizey (Wantage), Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire), Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes), Charles Walker (Broxbourne), Robin Walker (Worcester), Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North), David Warburton (Somerton and Frome), Matt Warman (Boston and Skegness), Giles Watling (Clacton), Helen Whately (Faversham and Mid Kent), Heather Wheeler (South Derbyshire), John Whittingdale (Maldon), Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire), Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire), Mike Wood (Dudley South), William Wragg (Hazel Grove), Jeremy Wright (Kenilworth and Southam), Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon). LABOUR AYES (5) Kevin Barron (Rother Valley), Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire), Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse), Caroline Flint (Don Valley), John Mann (Bassetlaw). INDEPENDENT AYES (4) Ian Austin (Dudley North), Frank Field (Birkenhead), Sylvia Hermon (North Down), Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne). DUP NOES (10) Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry), Nigel Dodds (Belfast North), Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley), Paul Girvan (South Antrim), Emma Little Pengelly (Belfast South), Ian Paisley (North Antrim), Gavin Robinson (Belfast East), Jim Shannon (Strangford), David Simpson (Upper Bann), Sammy Wilson (East Antrim). SNP NOES (34) Hannah Bardell (Livingston), Mhairi Black (Paisley and Renfrewshire South), Ian Blackford (Ross, Skye and Lochaber), Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North), Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith), Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun), Lisa Cameron (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow), Douglas Chapman (Dunfermline and West Fife), Joanna Cherry (Edinburgh South West), Ronnie Cowan (Inverclyde), Angela Crawley (Lanark and Hamilton East), Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk), Martin Docherty-Hughes (West Dunbartonshire), Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw), Stephen Gethins (North East Fife), Patricia Gibson (North Ayrshire and Arran), Patrick Grady (Glasgow North), Peter Grant (Glenrothes), Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts), Drew Hendry (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey), Stewart Hosie (Dundee East), Chris Law (Dundee West), David Linden (Glasgow East), Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar), Stewart Malcolm McDonald (Glasgow South), Stuart C. McDonald (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East), Carol Monaghan (Glasgow North West), Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North), Brendan O'Hara (Argyll and Bute), Tommy Sheppard (Edinburgh East), Chris Stephens (Glasgow South West) Alison Thewliss (Glasgow Central), Philippa Whitford (Central Ayrshire), Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire). LIBERAL DEMOCRAT NOES (11) Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington), Vince Cable (Twickenham), Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland), Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton), Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale), Wera Hobhouse (Bath), Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West), Norman Lamb (North Norfolk), Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon), Jamie Stone (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross), Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire). PLAID CYMRU NOES (4) Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr), Ben Lake (Ceredigion), Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd), Hywel Williams (Arfon). GREEN NOE (1) Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion). INDEPENDENT NOES (16) Heidi Allen (South Cambridgeshire), Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree), Ann Coffey (Stockport), Mike Gapes (Ilford South), Chris Leslie (Nottingham East), Ivan Lewis (Bury South), Jared O'Mara (Sheffield, Hallam), Fiona Onasanya (Peterborough), Joan Ryan (Enfield North), Gavin Shuker (Luton South), Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge), Anna Soubry (Broxtowe), Chuka Umunna (Streatham), Chris Williamson (Derby North), Sarah Wollaston (Totnes), John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness). LABOUR NOES (234) Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington), Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth), Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow), Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting), Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale), Tonia Antoniazzi (Gower), Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South), Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West), Margaret Beckett (Derby South), Hilary Benn (Leeds Central), Clive Betts (Sheffield South East), Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham), Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central), Tracy Brabin (Batley and Spen), Ben Bradshaw (Exeter), Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West), Lyn Brown (West Ham), Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East), Chris Bryant (Rhondda), Karen Buck (Westminster North), Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield), Richard Burgon (Leeds East), Dawn Butler (Brent Central), Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill), Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth), Alan Campbell (Tynemouth), Dan Carden (Liverpool, Walton), Sarah Champion (Rotherham), Jenny Chapman (Darlington), Bambos Charalambous (Enfield, Southgate), Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley), Vernon Coaker (Gedling), Julie Cooper (Burnley), Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford), Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North), Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark), David Crausby (Bolton North East), Mary Creagh (Wakefield), Stella Creasy (Walthamstow), Jon Cruddas (Dagenham and Rainham), John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead), Judith Cummins (Bradford South), Alex Cunningham (Stockton North), Jim Cunningham (Coventry South), Janet Daby (Lewisham East), Wayne David (Caerphilly), Geraint Davies (Swansea West), Marsha De Cordova (Battersea), Gloria De Piero (Ashfield), Emma Dent Coad (Kensington), Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough), Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East), Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth), Peter Dowd (Bootle), David Drew (Stroud), Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington), Rosie Duffield (Canterbury), Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood), Angela Eagle (Wallasey), Clive Efford (Eltham), Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central), Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside), Chris Elmore (Ogmore), Bill Esterson (Sefton Central), Chris Evans (Islwyn), Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme), Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East), Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield), Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford), James Frith (Bury North), Gill Furniss (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough), Hugh Gaffney (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill), Barry Gardiner (Brent North), Ruth George (High Peak), Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston), Mary Glindon (North Tyneside), Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green), Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland), Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston), Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South), Margaret Greenwood (Wirral West), Nia Griffith (Llanelli), John Grogan (Keighley), Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish), Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley), Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East), David Hanson (Delyn), Emma Hardy (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle), Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham), Carolyn Harris (Swansea East), Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood), Sue Hayman (Workington), John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne), Mark Hendrick (Preston), Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow), Mike Hill (Hartlepool), Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch), Margaret Hodge (Barking), Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West), Kate Hoey (Vauxhall), Kate Hollern (Blackburn), George Howarth (Knowsley), Rupa Huq (Ealing Central and Acton), Imran Hussain (Bradford East), Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central), Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North), Darren Jones (Bristol North West), Gerald Jones (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney), Graham P Jones (Hyndburn), Helen Jones (Warrington North), Kevan Jones (North Durham), Sarah Jones (Croydon Central), Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South), Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East), Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South), Liz Kendall (Leicester West), Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton), Ged Killen (Rutherglen and Hamilton West), Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon), Peter Kyle (Hove), Lesley Laird (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath), David Lammy (Tottenham), Ian Lavery (Wansbeck), Karen Lee (Lincoln), Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields), Clive Lewis (Norwich South), Tony Lloyd (Rochdale), Rebecca Long Bailey (Salford and Eccles), Ian C. 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EU's Martin 'the monster' Selmayr taunts the UK by tweeting there is still time to CANCEL Brexit 'up until midnight, April 12' as MPs vote down May's deal

Top Eurocrat Martin Selmayr has taunted Leave voters by suggesting Britain still has two weeks to call of Brexit and stay in the EU.

Selmayr, who is Secretary-General of EU Commission and the bloc's top civil servant, seized on MPs latest rejection of Theresa May's exit deal to encourage the UK to stay in the union.

Responding to a Twitter post by Remainer lawyer Jo Maugham QC, Selmayr said Britain would have its 'last chance' to stay on the EU up to April 12.

EU official Martin Selmayr seized on the Commons vote today to suggest Britain still had time to stay in the EU

Selmayr sent out a series of tweets after the vote, suggesting Britain could still stay in the EU

Theresa May is now likely to return to Brussels and attempt to get an extension to the negotiation. European Council President Donald Tusk today called a meeting of leaders following the vote

The EU will ask Britain what it plans to do with the extension to the negotiation process

Mr Maugham posted: 'We can revoke even if we don't hold European Parliamentary elections - you can take it from Martin Selmayr.

Who is Martin Selmayr and why is he called the monster? Martin Selmayr has developed a fearsome reputation in Brussels, casting an authoritarian reign as Mr Juncker's chief of staff despite remaining relatively unknown to the public. But his brutal style of ruling - demanding that access to Mr Juncker for even the most senior EU officials is first channelled through him - has also led to a queue of enemies. His style has led to a variety of nicknames by colleagues, including 'Darth Vader' and 'Rasputin'. Former European Commission vice president Kristalina Georgieva blamed her resignation on his aggressive style, which she branded 'poisonous'. British officials have accused Mr Selmayr, who has privately expressed his dislike of Brexit, of 'hating' the UK while describing him as a 'psychopath'. Advertisement

And Selmayr replied: 'On 12 April, right before midnight #lastchance'

To ram home his point, Selmayr then tweeted: '12 April is now the new 29 March #Brexit'

Following the vote in the Commons today, Britain has two options, to leave with no deal at all on April 12, or apply for a lengthy extension from the EU, which some have suggested could be two years.

The EU today summoned leaders to an extraordinary summit, warning that Britain is now 'likely' to crash out of the bloc on April 12 without a deal.

'In view of the rejection of the Withdrawal Agreement by the House of Commons, I have decided to call a European Council on 10 April,' tweeted Donald Tusk, the head of the European Council.

Theresa May is expected to draw up an alternative plan for an orderly Brexit before then, and will be asked to present it to her 27 EU colleagues at the emergency summit.

'We expect the UK to indicate a way forward before then, well in time for the European Council to consider,' an EU Council source said, adding that May would be invited to 'the beginning of the meeting'.

Separately, a spokeswoman for the European Commission - the bloc's executive - increased pressure on London to come up with a plan for an orderly Brexit by warning of an abrupt divorce.

'A 'no-deal' scenario on 12 April is now a likely scenario. The EU has been preparing for this since December 2017 and is now fully prepared for a no-deal scenario at midnight on April 12,' she said.

'The EU will remain united. The benefits of the Withdrawal Agreement, including a transition period, will in no circumstances be replicated in a no-deal scenario. Sectoral mini-deals are not an option.'

Raab, Boris and Gove prepare to depose May and fight it out in Tory leadership contest - then they could have to take on Corbyn in an election

The pack of senior Tories fighting to take over from Theresa May all stepped up their campaigns today after the Prime Minister's Brexit withdrawal deal was rejected for a third time.

The vote increases the chances of another general election in the coming months, suggesting any new Conservative leader could have to fight Jeremy Corbyn for power soon after they are installed in the role.

If a snap election is called in the coming weeks, Mrs May could have to fight it herself.

But more likely is that Mrs May could stand down after agreeing a long negotiation extension with the EU, prompting a 12-week leadership election and potential a general election in around six months.

Mrs May only offered to quit if deal was passed, but even though she lost again her days are numbered and senior Tories are frantically jostling for position to replace her.

Prominent Brexiteers Boris Johnson and Dominic Raab fell in line to support the deal today, potentially denting their support among hardline leavers who opposed it.

Meanwhile, supporters of Michael Gove suggested he might already have as many as 50 MPs signed up to back him, while other contenders include Sajid Javid, Esther McVey and Jeremy Hunt.

Boris Johnson will now step up his bid to become PM after Theresa May's latest defeat

Boris's old foe Michael Gove (pictured today) is currently a popular favourite to stop him

Gove supporters say the Environment Secretary is someone with 'impeccable Leave credentials' who had also 'bothered to reach out to Remainers'.

Last night Mr Johnson appeared to win the backing of Donald Trump. In a response to a question about the Tory leadership battle and Brexit, the President replied: 'I like Boris Johnson a lot. He's a friend of mine.'

According to William Hill, Mr Gove is the favourite to be next Tory leader at 5/2, followed by Mr Johnson (4/1), Jeremy Hunt (6/1), Mr Raab (8/1) and Sajid Javid (9/1).

Following today's votes, the deputy chairman of the eurosceptic European Research Group of Tory Eurosceptics, Steve Baker, called on Mrs May to step down immediately.

Declaring that this should be 'the final defeat' for the PM's deal, Mr Baker said: 'I regret to say it is time for Theresa May to follow through on her words and make way so that a new leader can deliver a Withdrawal Agreement which will be passed by Parliament.'

Boris and Gove, pictured in 2016 during the Vote Leave campaign, fell out after the referendum when Gove announced he would stand for leader, severely denting Boris's chances. Boris then decided not to run

So who are the candidates looking to replace May and what chance have they got?

Michael Gove - 5/2

Unlike Boris and Raab, Gove has kept on board with May's deal and will therefore have greater appeal among his remainer colleagues. He was also seen as a 'high priest of Brexiteers', meaning he could appeal to Tories on both sides of the divide.

The drawback of this position is that hardline leavers and remainers may see him as part of opposing side. His other potential drawback is his perceived disloyalty after he knifed Boris Johnson in last leadership contest.

Mr Gove, 51, the adopted son of a Scottish fish merchant, is a cabinet heavyweight who's served as Education Secretary and Justice Secretary.

His debating skills, intellect and wit put him well above many candidates and is popular with Tory members.

Boris Johnson - 4/1

The 54-year-old former Foreign Secretary is undoubtedly the best-known candidate outside of the Westminster bubble.

His scruffy style, regular TV appearances, chaotic private life and show-off Classics references make him well known to the electorate.

He has experience of power and winning elections, having been twice voted London mayor but was seen as a bumbling foreign secretary.

He is unpopular among many MPs, who may form a 'Stop Boris' campaign to prevent him getting to Number 10.

However, party grassroots members love him and he's top of the ConservativeHome league table.

It has been claimed Home Secretary Sajid Javid (pictured in Downing Street) has floated the idea of a 'dream ticket' with him as Prime Minister and Mr Gove as Chancellor

Former Brexit secretary Dominic Raab fell in line behind the deal today, denting his popularity among hardline Brexiteers

Sajid Javid - 9/1

The Home Secretary, 49, is a remainer who changed to a Brexiteer after the referendum.

He is the son of a bus driver who came to Britain from Pakistan with £1 in his pocket. Javid proved himself in business, becoming head of credit trading at Deutsche Bank.

He has experience of being Culture and Business secretary, a role in which he cracked down on union rights.

His strengths are seen as his extraordinary rags-to-riches back story, but is widely seen as a wooden and poor public speaker.

There were rumours earlier this week that he could form part of the 'Stop Boris' ticket, with Michael Gove potentially in support.

Dominic Raab - 8/1

The 46-year-old former Brexit Secretary and diehard Brexiteer is the son of a Czech-born Jewish refugee who fled the Nazis in 1938 and died of cancer when Raab was 12.

He is relatively inexperienced, lasting only four months as Brexit Secretary. He voted against May in leadership confidence vote. Mr Raab is seen as a skilled debater who honed his skills as an adversarial lawyer with blue chip legal firm Linklaters.

His weekness is that he seen lacking people skills and thus is unlikely to beat a more experienced candidate.

Others in the running include Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey

How will the next leader be chosen? If Mrs May's deal goes through, the UK is likely to leave the EU on May 22 and she would resign as Tory leader that day but stay on as interim PM while the contest to replace her begins.

Any Tory MP can stand but they need two nominations from colleagues.

A series of secret votes would be held every Tuesday and Thursday among the 314 members of the Conservative Parliamentary Party.

The last-placed candidate is eliminated at every stage and once it is clear who the front-runners are the back-markers usually drop out and support someone else.

After David Cameron stood down following the referendum in 2016 there were five candidates in the first round, who were whittled down to two: Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom.

The final two candidates then move on to the second phase, when party members vote by postal ballot.

Candidates will be expected to make speeches to members and tour the country to try to win support. This second phase is likely to last for up to a month.

Only members who have been in the party for three months or more can vote in a leadership contest, so joining now would not entitle you to a say.

Conservative sources say the whole process could be completed within a month to six weeks. Advertisement

Jeremy Hunt - 6/1

The Foreign Secretary, 52, is an ex-Remainer who may arouse suspicion among the party's Brexiteer members.

He is the eldest son of Admiral Sir Nicholas Hunt and is married to a Chinese wife and he speaks Mandarin.

He has business experience and, before politics, he set up an educational publisher which was sold for £30million in 2017.

Mr Hunt has widespread cabinet experience and was the longest-serving health secretary in history.

Despite being one of the most experienced ministers in the field, unusually, he has made few political enemies and is therefore seen as someone who could unite the party after devisive battles over Brexit.

Andrea Leadsom - 20/1

The Leader of the Commons gained quite following when she stood for leader in 2016, but her bid fell apart when she made an ill-considered comment comparing her experience as a mother to the childless Mrs May.

Mrs Leadsom is a 55-year-old mother of three and a former city trader.

Since then however, she has blossomed as Leader of the Commons, winning plaudits for taking on Speaker John Bercow.

Popular among members and colleagues, she is now widely expected to have another tilt as leading the party.

Andrea Leadsom is also expected to throw her name into the hat after her bid in 2016

Esther McVey - 50/1

The 51-year-old former Welfare Secretary is also an ardent Brexiteer.

She spent the first two years of her life in foster care and was a breakfast TV presenter before becoming a Tory MP on Merseyside.

Won plaudits with members for resigning from Cabinet over Brexit deal and is seen as tough, having braved out vicious targeting by Labour during her time as welfare minister.

Some in the party say she doesn't have the intellectual fire power for top job and she is ranked 14th in ConservativeHome league table.

Remainer MPs will push a combined customs union and second referendum next week that they claim WILL get support from a majority of MPs

Rebel MPs will attempt to change the law within days to force Theresa May into accepting a softer Brexit – or even a second referendum.

Backbenchers led by Sir Oliver Letwin will take control of the Commons timetable on Monday for a second round of indicative votes on alternatives to her plan.

A first attempt ended in deadlock this week after none of the eight options put to MPs secured a majority.

However, a plan to stay in a customs union was narrowly defeated by just six votes, while a proposal for a second referendum lost by 27.

The rebels last night revealed plans to take control again next Wednesday so that if a majority emerges on Monday they can put through legislation forcing ministers to act.

If they are successful it would put them on a collision course with the Government and could precipitate a general election.

Former cabinet minister Sir Oliver Letwin (pictured yesterday) will take control of the Commons timetable on Monday for a second round of indicative votes on alternatives to her plan - pushing Britain towards a softer Brexit

Cross-party groups of MPs were last night meeting to discuss how they could adapt the eight proposals in a bid to find a compromise that can command the support of the House.

Tory former Cabinet minister Ken Clarke, who drew up the customs union plan defeated by 271 votes to 265, said he was 'reasonably confident' it would get over the line if the Commons does not pass the Prime Minister's deal today.

He told Sky News: 'We are very near, we lost by [six] votes. We will have another go on Monday. We will be able to get it through if the House goes dotty and rejects the withdrawal agreement again.'

Sir Oliver, the architect of the indicative votes process, said MPs would be looking for a Plan B to avoid No Deal if Mrs May's deal fails to secure enough support.

He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: 'At some point or other we either have to get her deal across the line or accept we have to find some alternative if we want to avoid No Deal on April 12.

'At the moment we are heading for a situation where, under the law, we leave without a deal… which many of us think is not a good solution.

'Of course, the issue is – and nobody knows the answer to this yet – whether we can get to the point where Parliament has a majority in favour of an alternative on Monday.'

These are the results of last night's indicative votes on Brexit, in order of preference. It shows that while MPs can't find a consensus they lean heavily towards a softer Brexit or second referendum

Sir Oliver, who backed the Prime Minister's deal in both meaningful votes, added: 'MPs will be voting on the basis of seeing what happened last time. And something else will have happened, which is that either the Prime Minister will have got her deal through on Friday, in which case all this is unnecessary and I'll be breaking open the bottle of champagne. If it doesn't then I think people will finally see that isn't going to happen by April 12.

'I think quite a lot of Tories who didn't vote for any of the options because they were, perfectly honourably, taking the view that until they had a last chance to vote for the Prime Minister's deal they didn't want to commit themselves to anything else, may come round and say, 'OK, we'll choose among these options.'

Ministers have warned that a general election may have to be called if MPs try to force the Prime Minister into accepting a proposal that contradicts the Tory manifesto, which ruled out membership of the single market and customs union.

But Damian Green, her former de facto deputy, last night warned: 'If this is the will of Parliament, any Government has to obey it.'

And Mr Clarke said there would be a 'major constitutional crisis' if ministers ignored a Commons majority for a Brexit alternative.