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. EU would prefer Brexit to happen 'sooner rather than later'

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  2. This was a smaller defeat for May's Brexit plan, but a defeat all the same

    Chart showing the result of this vote and the first and second meaningful votes

  3. Minister 'deeply saddened' by result

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  4. Deal 'as dead as Monty Python's parrot'

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  5. 'We can't leave the country drifting rudderless' - Grayling

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    Transport secretary Chris Grayling says the vote against the prime minister's deal was "not in the national interest".

    "The Withdrawal Agreement is an essential part of any option - the Labour option, the customs union and the rest," he says.

    He says Parliament essentially voted for leaving without a deal on 12 April or "effectively reversing Brexit or kicking it into the far long grass".

    "I don’t think that’s what the majority of the country wants," he says.

    He says that the prime minister's deal has got more votes in Parliament than any of the options considered in the indicative votes.

    "Parliament has to sort this out: we cannot simply leave the country drifting rudderless into I don’t know what," he says.

  6. Brexit: A really simple guide

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    Feeling a little lost about what's going on with Brexit? Here's our basic guide.

  7. 'The new 29 March'

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  8. ERG: May 'must make way for new leader'

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    The deputy chairman of the Brexit-supporting European Research Group - made up of Tory backbenchers - releases a statement after the defeat.

    Steve Baker says: "This must be the final defeat for Theresa May’s deal.

    “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.”

  9. 'Common Market 2.0 motion laid for Monday'

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  10. Watch: Corbyn's reaction to vote

    Brexit vote: Jeremy Corbyn calls for May to go

  11. What could happen next?

    Flowchart showing the next steps for Brexit

  12. How did my MP vote?

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    MPs voted down the prime minister's EU withdrawal agreement by 58 votes.

    Find out how your MP voted here.

  13. Watch: Defeat is a matter of profound regret, says May

    Theresa May: 'A matter of profound regret'

  14. 'Tory mood grim'

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  15. Evening Standard: 'Over and out?'

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  16. May must accept her deal is dead - Sturgeon

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  17. So... what just happened?

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    The BBC News website has a handy guide here so you can find out what's happened and what's coming up next.

  18. Dodds: 'Sufficient progress has not been made'

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    The DUP's Westminster leader, Nigel Dodds, has released a statement.

    He says his party had "consistently and repeatedly indicated that we could not support the withdrawal agreement" because of the backstop - the insurance policy aimed at preventing a hard border returning to the island of Ireland.

    "We have reached this view from a principled position as we do not believe the withdrawal agreement is the best way forward for the United Kingdom," he says.

    Mr Dodds says recent discussions with the government have made "good progress," but adds: "However, regretfully the fact remains that sufficient progress has not been made."

    He urges the government to "use the remaining time to deal with widely held concerns across the House of Commons".

    Mr Dodds adds: "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.”

  19. Result means UK 'will probably stay in EU longer'

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  20. Statement from EU

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    An EU official has said: "Following the negative vote in the House of Commons today, Article 50 will now be extended until 12 April as decided by [European leaders] last week.

    "[Donald] Tusk has called a European Council on 10 April to consider the way forward.

    "We expect the UK to indicate a way forward before then, well in time for the European Council to consider.

    "The exact timing and modalities of the [European Council] are still to be decided, but like last week, the UK PM can be expected to participate in the beginning of the meeting."