The Government has been defeated three times in key votes in Parliament this afternoon. Its an ominous sign for Theresa May ahead of the vote on her Brexit plan a week today. Here is the full list of Tory MPs who went against the Government:
Grieve amendment:
This hands more power to MPs in the event that May’s Brexit plan gets voted down, by effectively allowing them to have a say on what the PM’s Plan B should be. These Tory MPs rebelled:
Heidi Allen
Guto Bebb
Richard Benyon
Nick Boles
Kenneth Clarke
Jonathan Djanogly
Michael Fallon
George Freeman
Richard Graham
Damian Green
Justine Greening
Dominic Grieve
Oliver Heald
Jo Johnson
Phillip Lee
Jeremy Lefroy
Oliver Letwin
Nicky Morgan
Bob Neill
Antoinette Sandbach
Nicholas Soames
Anna Soubry
John Stevenson
Derek Thomas
Ed Vaizey
Sarah Wollaston
Privilege vote: The Government became the first in history to be found in contempt of Parliament. These two Tories voted against the Government in two different votes:Peter Bone
Philip Hollobone
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