Summary

  • MPs vote by 286 to 344 to reject the government’s withdrawal agreement - on the day the UK was due to leave the EU

  • The Commons has been debating a motion on the terms of the UK's exit

  • The political declaration, which sets out the future relationship, was not considered

  • The vote - the third time the government had been defeated over its deal - throws the UK’s plans into more confusion

  • Theresa May says the result will have "grave" implications and the "legal default" was that the UK would leave the EU on 12 April

  • Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn urges the PM to call an election

  • Thousands of Leave supporters gather outside Parliament to protest against Brexit delay

Live Reporting

Joseph Lee, Katie Wright, Francesca Gillett and Sarah Collerton

  1. The Telegraph: May falls on her sword

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  2. 'Mood is dark in Brussels tonight'

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  3. Three ministers support revoke Article 50 motion

    There were 10 Conservatives who voted in favour of the SNP motion calling for Article 50 to be revoked if no deal has been agreed by the last parliamentary day before the UK is due to leave.

    This includes two Foreign Office ministers, Sir Alan Duncan and Mark Field, and Health minister Stephen Hammond.

  4. Guardian: Parliament finally has its say: No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No.

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  5. The FT: May offers to resign in final plea for rebels' backing on Brexit deal

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  6. Metro: Vote Brexit and I'll exit

    Thursday's front pages are starting to come in - and, as expected, it looks like they will be dominated by Brexit.

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  7. Those five ministers who voted for a customs union...

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    • Mark Field (Foreign Office)
    • Stephen Hammond (Health and Social Care)
    • Margot James (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
    • Anne Milton (Education)
    • Rory Stewart (Justice)

  8. 'Ridiculous waste of time'

    Sir Oliver Letwin - who led the efforts to hold tonight's votes - spoke after the results came in.

    He said there was another opportunity on Monday for more indicative votes, but his suggestion was met with shouts in the House of Commons.

    One MP, Conservative James Gray - sitting two seats along - can be heard and seen shouting "No, no, no. Waste of time."

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  9. Labour: Today's focus was on next Tory leader

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    Shadow transport secretary Andy McDonald said it was "difficult to really comprehend" how the result of tonight's votes can move forward on Monday.

    The plan is to hold more indicative votes in Parliament on Monday.

    Mr McDonald added: "But the bottom line is, the whole discussion today has been a private discussion amongst Tory MPs about who their next leader is going to be.

    "That's been the focus and we simply cannot go on like this. We now need a general election to resolve this issue.

    "We cannot go on with this Tory government stumbling from crisis to disaster."

  10. 5 ministers voted for a customs union

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  11. Beckett 'did not expect any motion to carry majority'

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    Labour MP Dame Margaret Beckett says she did not expect any motion to carry a majority today.

    "My understanding was we would first let 1,000 flowers bloom, and then we would see whether ranking things would make a difference," she says.

    It was "extraordinary" for Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay to say the only thing left to do was to go ahead with the prime minister's deal, she adds.

  12. Seizing parliamentary control 'has failed' - Tory MP

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    Tory Brexiteer Mark Francois says the public will look upon events in the Commons tonight "with utter amazement".

    "The attempt to seize the order paper has failed", he says.

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  14. 'PM's deal needs to go back to the people' - Soubry

    Point of Order

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    Anna Soubry, who left the Conservatives to join the Independent Group, says "this is a 2 stage process - today was to see where the biggest support may be.

    "A customs union got 264 votes and the biggest of all was a 'People's Vote'," she says, adding that both of these options received more votes than the prime minister's deal has on previous occasions.

    "We go forward to Monday to find a compromise," she says.

    "It is becoming increasingly obvious that the prime minister's deal needs to go back to the people," she adds.

  15. 'Shambles' and 'farce': MPs react to tonight's votes

    Conservative deputy chairman James Cleverly tweeted it was "easy to agree on what you don't want"

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    Meanwhile, Tory MP Simon Clarke opted for sarcasm in his take:

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    The SNP's Drew Hendry called it a "shambles".

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    And for independent MP Ian Austin, tonight's events in the Commons were "a farce".

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  16. Margaret Beckett's proposal received the most votes in favour

    How MPs voted on holding a second referendum to pass any withdrawal agreement

  17. No majority 'not surprising'

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  18. Bercow: MPs 'have agreed to two-stage process'

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    Tory MP Patrick McLoughlin asks for confirmation that "none of these questions can be put again".

    In reply, Speaker John Bercow says the Commons has already agreed to a "two-stage process", with additional time set to debate the options again.

  19. SNP's Westminster leader calls for general election

    Point of Order

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    The SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford says "this is a serious moment for all of us - we have tried to find a way through the Brexit crisis and failed."

    He says the so-called "People's vote" got over 240 votes this evening, more votes than the prime minister's deal has got when it's been voted on.

    "The only thing we should now be doing is going back to the people of the UK in a general election," he concludes.

  20. Barclay: 'No simple way forward'

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    Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay says the results tonight show there is "no simple way forward".

    The result strengthens the government's view that the PM's Brexit deal "is the best option", he says.

    If MPs do not back the the deal, he says, there "are no guarantees" where the process will end, he adds.