Parliamentarians were given the opportunity today to take control of the negotiations, after holding indicative votes on their preferred Brexit strategy. Now, the results are in, and we have found out that they don’t support any option at all.
For Oliver Letwin’s vote, each MP was presented with eight Brexit motions, selected by the Speaker earlier today, on a piece of green voting paper. Inside the division lobby, they could either vote for, against, or abstain on each position, with no limit on the number they could support.
Below are the number of votes for each option. Of the eight proposals, none managed to achieve a majority in the House of Commons, giving them little chance of passing in the weeks ahead:
| Brexit option | Ayes | Noes | |
| (b) | The UK should leave without a deal | 160 | 400 |
| (d) | Common Market 2.0 (Norway Plus) | 188 | 283 |
| (h) | EFTA and EEA (Norway) | 65 | 377 |
| (j) | The WA must include a customs union | 264 | 272 |
| (k) | Labour’s Brexit plan | 237 | 307 |
| (l) | Revoke Article 50 the day before Brexit | 184 | 293 |
| (m) | Any deal needs a second referendum | 268 | 295 |
| (o) | Malthouse B / mitigating no deal | 139 | 422 |
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