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| Brexit: all eight indicative vote options defeated by MPs - live news | Brexit: all eight indicative vote options defeated by MPs - live news |
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| Speaker John Bercow reads out the results of the eight indicative votes – all of which were defeated. | |
| Here is our main story on the results of the indicative votes ballot. | |
| MPs reject all alternative Brexit options | |
| Here is the full text of what Stephen Barclay, the Brexit secretary, said in his point of order after the results were announced. | |
| The house has today considered a wide variety of options as a way forward. | |
| And it demonstrates that there are no easy options here. There is no simple way forward. | |
| The deal the government has negotiated is a compromise, both with the EU and with members across this house. | |
| That is the nature of complex negotiations. | |
| The results of the process this house has gone through today strengthens our view that the deal the government has negotiated is the best option. | |
| Furthermore, Mr Speaker, although this was not a significant feature of today’s debate, any deal must include a withdrawal agreement. | |
| It is the government’s firm wish to get the withdrawal agreement approved by this house, and I urge all members, no matter the view on what the future relationship should be, if you believe in delivering on the referendum result by leaving the EU with a deal, then it’s necessary to back the withdrawal agreement. | |
| If we do not do that, then there are no guarantees about where this process will end. | |
| It is for that reason that I call on all members from across this House, in the national interest, to back the prime minister’s deal. | |
| Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair’s former communications chief and a People’s Vote campaigner, has tweeted out a list of Labour MPs who did not back the Beckett amendment for a confirmatory referendum. | |
| Labour MPs who abstained or voted against @peoplesvote_uk pic.twitter.com/TsoORlSVZu | |
| The Times’ Sam Coates has tweeted more of the results. | |
| Results - No deal Supported by 3 Labour MPs pic.twitter.com/03bxl7drCk | |
| Results - Common Market 2.0Note DUP *abstained* pic.twitter.com/eVBqpY3KmI | |
| Results - EEA but no customs unionLabour oppose because it means endorsing May’s deal pic.twitter.com/IwRnHBIk8j | |
| Results - Customs UnionThe closest of all the votes - DUP also abstained pic.twitter.com/dGnd2f8R1V | |
| Results - Labour planKen Clarke voted for Labour plan! pic.twitter.com/G0DazZKBSK | |
| Those #indicativevotes in full. pic.twitter.com/Khc8fZ6gmt | |
| You can read all the division lists for the eight votes here. | |
| Patrick McLoughlin tries again with his point of order about why John Bercow is allowing repeat votes on the indicative vote Brexit alternatives. | |
| Bercow says this was meant to be a process. The Commons decided earlier that this should take place over two days, he says. | |
| And here are the results, ranked in order, with the least unpopular at the top. | |
| J - Ken Clarke’s - Customs union | |
| For: 264 | |
| Against: 272 | |
| Majority against: 8 | |
| M - Dame Margaret Beckett’s - Confirmatory public vote | |
| For: 268 | |
| Against: 295 | |
| Majority against: 27 | |
| K - Labour’s - Customs union and alignment with single market | |
| For: 237 | |
| Against: 307 | |
| Majority against: 70 | |
| D - Nick Boles’s - common market 2.0 | |
| For: 188 | |
| Against: 283 | |
| Majority against: 95 | |
| L - Joanna Cherry’s - Revocation to avoid no deal | |
| For: 184 | |
| Against: 293 | |
| Majority against: 109 | |
| B - John Baron’s - No deal | |
| For: 160 | |
| Against: 400 | |
| Majority against: 240 | |
| O - Marcus Fysh’s - Contingent preferential arrangements | |
| For: 139 | |
| Against: 422 | |
| Majority against: 283 | |
| H - George Eustice’s - Efta and EEA | |
| For: 65 | |
| Against: 377 | |
| Majority against: 312 | |
| Patrick McLoughlin, the former Tory chief whip, asks John Bercow if his “no repeat votes” ruling means these matters cannot be put to a vote again. | Patrick McLoughlin, the former Tory chief whip, asks John Bercow if his “no repeat votes” ruling means these matters cannot be put to a vote again. |
| Bercow says that is not the case. He says this is a different process. The business motion made it clear it would be a two-step process. | Bercow says that is not the case. He says this is a different process. The business motion made it clear it would be a two-step process. |
| McLoughlin tries to intervene again, but Bercow won’t let him. MPs jeer very loudly. It feels as if Bercow is losing control of the house, but eventually he restores control, and says he won’t be intimidated by McLoughlin. | McLoughlin tries to intervene again, but Bercow won’t let him. MPs jeer very loudly. It feels as if Bercow is losing control of the house, but eventually he restores control, and says he won’t be intimidated by McLoughlin. |
| Ian Blackford, the SNP leader at Westminster, says the House of Commons cannot find a way forward. The issue must be put back to the people in a general election, he says. | |
| Stephen Barclay, the Brexit secretary, says tonight’s results show there is no easy way forward. They strengthen the government’s view that the PM’s deal is the best option. | Stephen Barclay, the Brexit secretary, says tonight’s results show there is no easy way forward. They strengthen the government’s view that the PM’s deal is the best option. |
| He says any deal must include a withdrawal agreement. | He says any deal must include a withdrawal agreement. |
| If MPs want to leave the EU with a deal, they must back the withdrawal agreement, he says. | If MPs want to leave the EU with a deal, they must back the withdrawal agreement, he says. |
| He says otherwise he cannot say where this process will end. | He says otherwise he cannot say where this process will end. |
| Barclay, the Brexit secretary, says the indicative votes results show why the PM’s deal is the best way forward. | Barclay, the Brexit secretary, says the indicative votes results show why the PM’s deal is the best way forward. |
| Oliver Letwin makes a point of order. He says he thought all ideas put to a vote tonight would fail to get a majority. But he says he wants to go ahead with a further debate and votes on Monday. | Oliver Letwin makes a point of order. He says he thought all ideas put to a vote tonight would fail to get a majority. But he says he wants to go ahead with a further debate and votes on Monday. |
| Some MPs are jeering at him, implying such a debate would be pointless. | Some MPs are jeering at him, implying such a debate would be pointless. |
| Letwin goes on. He says he hopes that MPs will back May’s deal in a vote on Friday, which would obviate the need for further indicative votes. | Letwin goes on. He says he hopes that MPs will back May’s deal in a vote on Friday, which would obviate the need for further indicative votes. |
| Here are the results of the indicative votes on the Brexit alternatives. | Here are the results of the indicative votes on the Brexit alternatives. |
| I have taken the summary of what each amendment does from the Press Association summary featured earlier. | I have taken the summary of what each amendment does from the Press Association summary featured earlier. |
| MPs vote against all eight options considered under the indicative votes process. This is what Oliver Letwin, the MP who championed this process, said he expected to happen in his Today interview this morning. | MPs vote against all eight options considered under the indicative votes process. This is what Oliver Letwin, the MP who championed this process, said he expected to happen in his Today interview this morning. |
| B - John Baron’s - No deal | B - John Baron’s - No deal |
| Backed by Conservative MPs John Baron, David Amess, Martin Vickers and Stephen Metcalfe, the motion proposes leaving the European Union without a deal on April 12. | Backed by Conservative MPs John Baron, David Amess, Martin Vickers and Stephen Metcalfe, the motion proposes leaving the European Union without a deal on April 12. |
| For: 160 | For: 160 |
| Against: 400 | Against: 400 |
| D - Nick Boles’s - common market 2.0 | D - Nick Boles’s - common market 2.0 |
| Tabled by Conservatives Nick Boles, Robert Halfon and Andrew Percy and Labour’s Stephen Kinnock, Lucy Powell and Diana Johnson. The motion proposes UK membership of the European free trade association and European Economic Area. It allows continued participation in the single market and a “comprehensive customs arrangement” with the EU after Brexit, which would remain in place until the agreement of a wider trade deal which guarantees frictionless movement of goods and an open border in Ireland. | Tabled by Conservatives Nick Boles, Robert Halfon and Andrew Percy and Labour’s Stephen Kinnock, Lucy Powell and Diana Johnson. The motion proposes UK membership of the European free trade association and European Economic Area. It allows continued participation in the single market and a “comprehensive customs arrangement” with the EU after Brexit, which would remain in place until the agreement of a wider trade deal which guarantees frictionless movement of goods and an open border in Ireland. |
| For: 188 | For: 188 |
| Against: 283 | Against: 283 |
| H - George Eustice’s - Efta and EEA | H - George Eustice’s - Efta and EEA |
| A motion tabled by Conservative MP George Eustice – who quit as agriculture minister this month to fight for Brexit – proposes remaining within the EEA and rejoining Efta, but remaining outside a customs union with the EU. The motion was also signed by Conservative MPs including former minister Nicky Morgan and head of the Brexit Delivery Group Simon Hart. | A motion tabled by Conservative MP George Eustice – who quit as agriculture minister this month to fight for Brexit – proposes remaining within the EEA and rejoining Efta, but remaining outside a customs union with the EU. The motion was also signed by Conservative MPs including former minister Nicky Morgan and head of the Brexit Delivery Group Simon Hart. |
| For: 65 | For: 65 |
| Against: 377 | Against: 377 |
| J - Ken Clarke’s - Customs union | J - Ken Clarke’s - Customs union |
| Requires a commitment to negotiate a “permanent and comprehensive UK-wide customs union with the EU” in any Brexit deal. Tabled by veteran Conservative Europhile Ken Clarke, backed by Labour’s Yvette Cooper, Helen Goodman and chair of the Commons Brexit committee Hilary Benn and Tory former ministers Sir Oliver Letwin and Sarah Newton. | Requires a commitment to negotiate a “permanent and comprehensive UK-wide customs union with the EU” in any Brexit deal. Tabled by veteran Conservative Europhile Ken Clarke, backed by Labour’s Yvette Cooper, Helen Goodman and chair of the Commons Brexit committee Hilary Benn and Tory former ministers Sir Oliver Letwin and Sarah Newton. |
| For: 264 | For: 264 |
| Against: 272 | Against: 272 |
| K - Labour’s - Customs union and alignment with single market | K - Labour’s - Customs union and alignment with single market |
| Labour has tabled a motion proposing its plan for a close economic relationship with the EU. The plan includes a comprehensive customs union with a UK say on future trade deals; close alignment with the single market; matching new EU rights and protections; participation in EU agencies and funding programmes; and agreement on future security arrangements, including access to the European arrest warrant | Labour has tabled a motion proposing its plan for a close economic relationship with the EU. The plan includes a comprehensive customs union with a UK say on future trade deals; close alignment with the single market; matching new EU rights and protections; participation in EU agencies and funding programmes; and agreement on future security arrangements, including access to the European arrest warrant |
| For: 237 | For: 237 |
| Against: 307 | Against: 307 |
| L - Joanna Cherry’s - Revocation to avoid no deal | L - Joanna Cherry’s - Revocation to avoid no deal |
| Under this plan, if the government has not passed its withdrawal agreement, it would have to stage a vote on a no-deal Brexit two sitting days before the scheduled date of departure. If MPs refuse to authorise no-deal, the prime minister would be required to halt Brexit by revoking article 50. The motion, tabled by the SNP’s Joanna Cherry, has been signed by 33 MPs including the Conservative former attorney general Dominic Grieve, the Liberal Democrat leader, Sir Vince Cable, Labour’s Ben Bradshaw and all 11 members of the Independent Group. | Under this plan, if the government has not passed its withdrawal agreement, it would have to stage a vote on a no-deal Brexit two sitting days before the scheduled date of departure. If MPs refuse to authorise no-deal, the prime minister would be required to halt Brexit by revoking article 50. The motion, tabled by the SNP’s Joanna Cherry, has been signed by 33 MPs including the Conservative former attorney general Dominic Grieve, the Liberal Democrat leader, Sir Vince Cable, Labour’s Ben Bradshaw and all 11 members of the Independent Group. |
| For: 184 | For: 184 |
| Against: 293 | Against: 293 |
| M - Dame Margaret Beckett’s - Confirmatory public vote | M - Dame Margaret Beckett’s - Confirmatory public vote |
| Drawn up by Labour MPs Peter Kyle and Phil Wilson and tabled by former foreign secretary Dame Margaret Beckett with the backing of scores of MPs across the House, this motion would require a public vote to confirm any Brexit deal passed by parliament before its ratification. | Drawn up by Labour MPs Peter Kyle and Phil Wilson and tabled by former foreign secretary Dame Margaret Beckett with the backing of scores of MPs across the House, this motion would require a public vote to confirm any Brexit deal passed by parliament before its ratification. |
| For: 268 | For: 268 |
| Against: 295 | Against: 295 |
| O - Marcus Fysh’s - Contingent preferential arrangements | O - Marcus Fysh’s - Contingent preferential arrangements |
| A group of Conservative MPs, including Marcus Fysh, Steve Baker and Priti Patel, have signed a motion that calls for the government to seek to agree preferential trade arrangements with the EU, in case the UK is unable to implement a withdrawal agreement with the bloc. | A group of Conservative MPs, including Marcus Fysh, Steve Baker and Priti Patel, have signed a motion that calls for the government to seek to agree preferential trade arrangements with the EU, in case the UK is unable to implement a withdrawal agreement with the bloc. |
| For: 139 | For: 139 |
| Against: 422 | Against: 422 |
| The division bell is going. That means John Bercow, the Speaker, will announce the results of the indicative votes in about two minutes. | The division bell is going. That means John Bercow, the Speaker, will announce the results of the indicative votes in about two minutes. |
| Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister, says stopping Brexit “is possible now”. | Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister, says stopping Brexit “is possible now”. |
| The first preference of @theSNP has always been to stop Brexit. If that’s not possible - and until relatively recently it seemed it wasn’t - we’d opt for soft Brexit over hard. But stopping Brexit is possible now and we voted tonight to give that the best chance. https://t.co/UR9ceVmrMJ | The first preference of @theSNP has always been to stop Brexit. If that’s not possible - and until relatively recently it seemed it wasn’t - we’d opt for soft Brexit over hard. But stopping Brexit is possible now and we voted tonight to give that the best chance. https://t.co/UR9ceVmrMJ |