MPs voted 391-242 against the prime minister's new deal, a margin of 149.
Theresa May’s Brexit deal suffered its second crushing defeat in parliament on Tuesday night, with MPs voting by a margin of 149 votes to reject her withdrawal agreement despite her insistence that she’d won legally binding guarantees from the EU.
Speaking after the defeat, the prime minister announced that the Commons would vote tomorrow on whether MPs support leaving the EU without a deal on March 29. The government's motion will"note that no deal remains the default option". Brexit-supporting Tory MPs split on whether to back the deal, though a majority of the Eurosceptic European Research Group maintained their opposition. Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Steve Baker and Dominic Raab all voted against the government’s proposals.
The main message to the UK this evening is “we have done all we could,” said a senior EU official. They said the EU had compromised in November, when the deal was first agreed, and worked to help May with assurances in December, January, and again yesterday.The EU were set to make clear that the UK now had three options: leave with no deal on March 29, ask for an extension, or cancel Brexit by revoking article 50.
After the result was announced, a spokesman for European Council president Donald Tusk said: “We regret the outcome of tonight's vote and are disappointed that the UK government has been unable to ensure a majority for the Withdrawal Agreement agreed by both parties in November.
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