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The list of those who voted against the Dominic Grieve amendment - and with the government - obviously includes a long list of Conservative MPs (304 in total).

Labour MPs who voted with the government are: Frank Field, Kate Hoey, John Mann and Graham Stringer.

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Who voted FOR the Grieve amendment?

In all, 242 Labour MPs and 35 SNP MPs did, as well as all 11 Lib Dems, four Plaid MPs, four independent MPs and Green MP Caroline Lucas.

And the Tory rebels? Heidi Allen, Ken Clarke, Phillip Lee, Antoinette Sandbach, Anna Soubry and Sarah Wollaston were the Conservative MPs who continued to support Dominic Grieve's amendment.

That's it for the votes on the EU Withdrawal Bill in the Commons for the time being.

The bill is going to head back to the Lords tonight - because this vote means that the Commons has disagreed with the Lords.

We'll be crossing over there later on today...

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The government wins the division as MPs vote to disagree to the amendment proposed by Dominic Grieve.

Ayes: 303

Noes: 319

Majority: 16

What are MPs voting on? This is the Dominic Grieve amendment which was put down to amend the government's proposal - but remember, Dominic Grieve has said he's not voting for it.

It remains to be seen, though, how many other MPs do vote for it.

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Debate has come to an end and now MPs are voting on Lords amendment 19P (b) which is the amendment that Dominic Grieve has put forward.

Results will be in about 15 minutes.

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Labour's Chris Leslie says "this is about honour" and accuses Theresa May of breaking her promises to Dominic Grieve.

He quotes the prime minister stating two different opinions on the meaningful vote.

He says Mr Grieve should not take Mrs May at her word.

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Conservative MP Ken Clarke says the government has been trying to minimise the Parliamentary role in the process.

He says the bill needs to be made clearer and this is a final attempt to set out what meaningful vote and Parliamentary influence means, and it's being resisted by the government.

Fellow Conservative MPs believed they had agreements, he says, and the agreement is reflected in the Lords amendment. Now the government is resisting the very issue on which a settlement was reached - and we're being asked to accept something that will be argued about, he finishes.

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Labour's Seema Malhotra says the Lords amendment is not about overturning the referendum.

"It could have been so different," she says, accusing the government of running and hiding on Brexit's risks.

"It is vital that we have a say on something that could be catastrophic," she says.

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Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg says Dominic Grieve got it right in saying the constitutional power of this House is unaffected by the amendments or the written ministerial statement.

"The powers of the House remain intact, and that's not dependent on whether a meaningful vote is amendable or unamendable," he says.

He says his side of the House is agreed that the amendment "retains the privileges of this House, allows the the government to negotiate properly, and sends the prime minster to the negotiating table with the House behind her."

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Lib Dem Tom Brake says he welcomes the chance to speak and says his amendment provides the opportunity to have a say for every eventuality.

"I do want to stop Brexit and I don't think that comes as a surprise to many people," he says, but he doesn't think his amendment or Dominic Grieve's would achieve it.

He says Brexit will cause calamity, but there are many MPs who have made leaving the EU their life's work.

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Hilary Benn says Mr Davis's argument is "not true". He agrees with Mr Grieve that the tone of debate is dangerous, and warns him not to count on the government's promises.

He says "as long as the government does its job" the Speaker would have no choice but to put the Brexit deal to a neutral vote. He says the government "seeks to neuter" the House.

He lists the dire consequences he thinks will come if no deal is made with the EU. "We are not ready to cope" with no deal, he says. He says future generations will ask "what did you do?" and he says it will have only "taken note".

He says this is the "last opportunity to take back control" on Brexit and urges MPs to support the Lords amendment.

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Conservative Philip Davies says that he is taken by the sudden awareness of MPs who want enhanced powers for the UK Parliament in negotiations but who were happy with powers being given to the European Parliament during the UK's membership of the EU.

He says there should be a vote on the deal which is approved by the government, but members "cannot find some strange parliamentary mechanism to frustrate and overturn the result" of the referendum.

He says he "cannot stand aside" and the British people "will not accept" the UK remaining in the EU while other aspects of the withdrawal are negotiated.

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SNP Europe Spokesperson Peter Grant calls for Parliament to be allowed to "erect a safety barrier, not to stop those at the bottom of the cliff from reaching their destination, but to make sure that everyone gets there in one piece".

"The whole point in Parliament is so that there is somebody with democratic accountability to keep the government in check when it is clear to everyone that the government is going in the wrong direction... and if plunging over a cliff edge is not the wrong direction I don't know what is."

This, he says is not an attempt to usurp the democratic right of the people of the United Kingdom.

He warns that whilst the government may be willing to "drag their people over the cliff edge, our people are not going to follow. And there may be no rope strong enough to hold Scotland to their country, if their country decides to take us over that cliff edge".

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Moving his manuscript amendment, Conservative Dominic Grieve says he is "immensely grateful" to peers who enabled this manuscript amendment on Monday.

He says he objects "deeply" to how the Lords are being "vilified" for their job of being a refining chamber.

"Last Thursday...it looked as if we were going to reach an agreement," he says, "at a very late stage, it was indicated to me, that the government did not feel able to proceed with that".

He says he accepts this, because sometimes "negotiations may flounder at the last minute," to muted laughter from the Chamber.

"There is an issue that I can't ignore," he says, explaining that the government has recognised, with its written statement, that it is open to MPs and ministers to table concerns in the event of a deal that's not acceptable.

Whether the motion is amendable or not lies in the hands of the Speaker, he says, and the government has recognised the sovreignty of Parliament.

He adds that the reality of no deal "would be undoubtedly be one of the biggest political crises in modern British history".

He confirms that he will not vote for his amendment, but will support the government.

He goes on to say:

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Labour MP Ben Bradshaw raised a point of order with the Speaker earlier regarding "seriously sick Labour members" being forced to vote this afternoon, as a result of government whips "breaking with usual convention of allowing" them to be nodded through.

Nodding through, external is when MPs are counted as having voted as they are on the parliamentary estate, but are unable to pass through the division lobby because they are unwell.

This, he says, "would constitute a serious breach of this House's conventions".

The Speaker responded, saying the process is based on co-operation between the usual channels, but "doesn't bear upon, or speak to, the functions of the chair - it is a matter that has to be agreed between the different sides of the House".

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