At the end of another day’s debate on Brexit (watch our video highlights here) MPs voted on a series of amendments relating to seeking a possible extension to the Article 50 negotiating period. SECOND REFERENDUM AMENDMENT First up was TIG MP Sarah Wollaston‘s Amendment seeking an Article 50 extension “for the purposes of legislating for and conducting a public vote” on whether to Leave or Remain in the EU – the fabled second referendum. The amendment was defeated by 334 votes to 85 – a majority of 249. Of the 334 MPs who opposed the amendment (336 if you include the two tellers), there were 303 Conservatives, 18 Labour MPs, all 10 DUP MPs and 5 Independents, with Labour MPs whipped to abstain on the vote. Meanwhile, of the 85 MPs who voted for the amendment (87 including two tellers), there were 25 Labour MPs, all 35 SNP MPs, all 11 TIG MPs, 11 Lib Dem MPs, along with the 4 MPs from Plaid Cymru and the sole Green Party MP. The 18 Labour MPs opposing the extension for a second referendum were: Kevin Barron, Ronnie Campbell, Rosie Cooper, Caroline Flint, Yvonne Fovargue, Kate Hoey, Helen Jones, Kevan Jones, Emma Lewell-Buck, Justin Madders, John Mann, Stephanie Peacock, Lloyd Russell-Moyle (voted in both lobbies), Ruth Smeeth, Gareth Snell, John Spellar, Graham Stringer and Derek Twigg. It is being reported that frontbenchers Fovargue, Madders, Peacock and Lewell-Buck are being asked to quit their frontbench roles for breaking the whip. Smeeth also resigned as PPS to Tom Watson to oppose a second referendum. The 25 Labour MPs supporting the extension for a second referendum were: Tonia Antoniazzi, Ann Clwyd, Neil Coyle, Stella Creasy, Janet Daby, Geraint Davies, Rosie Duffield, Paul Farrelly, John Grogan, Meg Hillier, Ged Killen, David Lammy, Siobhain McDonagh, Anna McMorrin, Ian Murray, Albert Owen, Lloyd Russell-Moyle (voted in both lobbies), Tulip Siddiq, Owen Smith, Alex Sobel, Jo Stevens, Gareth Thomas, Catherine West, Martin Whitfield and Daniel Zeichner All remaining Labour MPs abstained. There were 10 Conservative MPs who did not vote in the division (including the small clutch of Tories who purportedly back a second referendum): Guto Bebb, Kenneth Clarke, Richard Drax, Justine Greening, Dominic Grieve, Sam Gyimah, Jo Johnson, Phillip Lee, Antoinette Sandbach and Edward Vaizey LUCY POWELL’S AMENDMENT Before MPs voted on Hilary Benn’s amendment, MPs voted on Lucy Powell’s amendment to it to make it cover a period ending on 30th June 2019. It was defeated by 314 votes to 311 – a majority of 3. Of the 314 MPs who voted against the amendment (316 if you include the two tellers), there were 296 Conservatives, 6 Labour MPs, all 10 DUP MPs and 4 Independents. Meanwhile, of the 311 MPs who voted for the amendment 313 including two tellers), there were 16 Conservatives, 232 Labour MPs, 34 SNP MPs, all 11 TIG MPs, 11 Lib Dem MPs, along with the 4 MPs from Plaid Cymru, the sole Green Party MP and 4 Independents. The 6 Labour MPs opposing the amendment were: Kevin Barron, Ronnie Campbell, Stephen Hepburn, Kate Hoey, John Mann and Graham Stringer The 16 Conservative MPs supporting the amendment were: Guto Bebb, Richard Benyon, Nick Boles, Kenneth Clarke, Jonathan Djanogly, George Freeman, Justine Greening, Dominic Grieve, Sam Gyimah, Robert Halfon, Phillip Lee, Oliver Letwin, Antoinette Sandbach, Nicholas Soames, John Stevenson and Edward Vaizey HILARY BENN’S AMENDMENT Then it was on to Hilary Benn’s amendment itself, which was also co-signed by the likes of Oliver Letwin and Yvette Cooper, which sought to hand over next Wednesday’s Commons business to a debate on a motion on Brexit proposed by at least 25 MPs from at least five parties. It was defeated by 314 votes to 312 – a majority of 2. Of the 314 MPs who voted against the amendment (316 if you include the two tellers), there were 296 Conservatives, 6 Labour MPs, all 10 DUP MPs and 4 Independents. Meanwhile, of the 312 MPs who voted for the amendment (314 including two tellers), there were 15 Conservatives, 233 Labour MPs, 35 SNP MPs, all 11 TIG MPs, 11 Lib Dem MPs, along with the 4 MPs from Plaid Cymru, the sole Green Party MP and 4 Independents. The 6 Labour MPs opposing the amendment were: Kevin Barron, Ronnie Campbell, Caroline Flint, Kate Hoey, John Mann and Graham Stringer The 15 Conservative MPs supporting the amendment were: Guto Bebb, Richard Benyon, Nick Boles, Kenneth Clarke, Jonathan Djanogly, George Freeman, Justine Greening, Dominic Grieve, Sam Gyimah, Phillip Lee, Oliver Letwin, Antoinette Sandbach, Nicholas Soames, John Stevenson and Edward Vaizey JEREMY CORBYN’S AMENDMENT Next up was Labour’s Amendment to instruct the Prime Minister “to seek an Article 50 extension to avoid a no-deal Brexit on 29th March and to provide parliamentary time to find a majority for a different approach” It was defeated by 318 votes to 302 – a majority of 16. Of the 318 MPs who voted against the amendment (320 if you include the two tellers), there were 306 Conservatives, 1 Labour MP (Kevin Barron), all 10 DUP MPs and 3 Independents. Meanwhile, of the 302 MPs who voted for the amendment (304 including two tellers), there were 1 Conservative (Ken Clarke), 238 Labour MPs, 35 SNP MPs, all 11 TIG MPs, 11 Lib Dem MPs, along with the 4 MPs from Plaid Cymru, the sole Green Party MP and 3 Independents. MAIN GOVERNMENT MOTION Finally, MPs moved to the main Government motion to seek an Article 50 extension of an unspecified length, which read as follows: 1. notes the resolutions of the House of 12 and 13 March, and accordingly agrees the Government will seek to agree with the European Union an extension of the period specified in Article 50(3); 2. agrees that if the House has passed a resolution approving the negotiated withdrawal agreement and the framework for the future relationship for the purposes of section 13(1)(b) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 by 20 March 2019 then the Government will seek to agree with the European Union a one-off extension of the period specified in Article 50(3) for a period ending on 30 June 2019 for the purpose of passing the necessary EU exit legislation; and 3. notes that if the House has not passed a resolution approving the negotiated withdrawal agreement and the framework for the future relationship for the purposes of section 13(1)(b) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 by 20 March 2019 then it is highly likely the European Council at its meeting the following day would require a clear purpose for any extension, not least to determine its length, and any extension beyond 30 June 2019 would require the United Kingdom to hold European Parliament elections in May 2019. The motion was passed by 413 votes to 202 – a majority of 211, with Conservative MPs – including ministers – having a free vote. And notably, only 114 of them backed the extension, with 190 of their number voting against it (although Alun Cairns appears to have voted in each lobby – a way of casting a deliberate abstention). By my count, 42 ministers and whips went into the lobby to oppose the extension, including Cabinet Ministers Steve Barclay, Liam Fox, Chris Grayling, Andrea Leadsom, Penny Mordaunt, Liz Truss and Gavin Williamson. Of the 202 MPs who voted against an extension amendment (204 if you include the two tellers), there were 190 Conservatives, 3 Labour MPs, all 10 DUP MPs and 1 Independent. Meanwhile, of the 413 MPs who voted for an extension (415 including two tellers), there were 114 Conservatives, 236 Labour MPs, all 35 SNP MPs, 11 Lib Dem MPs and 9 TIG MPs along with the 4 MPs from Plaid Cymru, the sole Green Party MP and 5 Independents. Of the remaining eligible 20 MPs who did not cast a vote, they comprised 10 Conservatives, 4 Labour MPs, 4 Independent MPs and 2 TIG MPs. Below are full lists of which MPs voted for and against the motion seeking an extension, as well as those who did not vote at all (although NB it is impossible to know whether they deliberately abstained, were away from Westminster on parliamentary business elsewhere or were ill etc). THE 204 MPs WHO OPPOSED AN EXTENSION=============== Conservative (Ministers/whips in bold; PPSs/Party Vice Chairs in bold italics) Nigel Adams Adam Afriyie Lucy Allan David Amess Stuart Andrew Richard Bacon Kemi Badenoch Steve Baker Harriett Baldwin Stephen Barclay John Baron Henry Bellingham Jake Berry Bob Blackman Crispin Blunt Peter Bone (Teller) Ben Bradley Graham Brady Suella Braverman Jack Brereton Andrew Bridgen Fiona Bruce Alex Burghart Conor Burns Alun Cairns (listed as voting in both lobbies) William Cash Maria Caulfield Rehman Chishti Christopher Chope Jo Churchill Colin Clark Simon Clarke James Cleverly Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Damian Collins Robert Courts Tracey Crouch Chris Davies David T. C. Davies Glyn Davies Mims Davies Philip Davies Caroline Dinenage Leo Docherty Michelle Donelan Nadine Dorries Steve Double Jackie Doyle-Price James Duddridge Iain Duncan Smith Michael Ellis Charlie Elphicke George Eustice Nigel Evans David Evennett Michael Fabricant Michael Fallon Kevin Foster Liam Fox Mark Francois Marcus Fysh Nusrat Ghani John Glen Zac Goldsmith Helen Grant James Gray Chris Grayling Chris Green Andrew Griffiths Kirstene Hair Robert Halfon Luke Hall Mark Harper Rebecca Harris Trudy Harrison Simon Hart John Hayes James Heappey Chris Heaton-Harris Philip Hollobone Adam Holloway Nigel Huddleston Eddie Hughes Ranil Jayawardena Bernard Jenkin Andrea Jenkyns Robert Jenrick Boris Johnson Caroline Johnson Gareth Johnson David Jones Marcus Jones Daniel Kawczynski Julian Knight Greg Knight Kwasi Kwarteng John Lamont Pauline Latham Andrea Leadsom Edward Leigh Andrew Lewer Julian Lewis Ian Liddell-Grainger Julia Lopez Jack Lopresti Jonathan Lord Tim Loughton Craig Mackinlay Rachel Maclean Anne Main Alan Mak Kit Malthouse Scott Mann Paul Maynard Stephen McPartland Esther McVey Mark Menzies Johnny Mercer Huw Merriman Stephen Metcalfe Amanda Milling Nigel Mills Damien Moore Penny Mordaunt Anne Marie Morris David Morris James Morris Wendy Morton Sheryll Murray Andrew Murrison Jesse Norman Neil O’Brien Matthew Offord Priti Patel Owen Paterson Mike Penning Andrew Percy Chris Philp Christopher Pincher Mark Pritchard Tom Pursglove Will Quince Dominic Raab John Redwood Jacob Rees-Mogg Laurence Robertson Mary Robinson Andrew Rosindell Douglas Ross Lee Rowley Paul Scully Grant Shapps Chris Skidmore Chloe Smith Henry Smith Royston Smith Mark Spencer Andrew Stephenson Bob Stewart Iain Stewart Graham Stuart Julian Sturdy Rishi Sunak Desmond Swayne Robert Syms Derek Thomas Ross Thomson Maggie Throup Kelly Tolhurst Michael Tomlinson Craig Tracey Anne-Marie Trevelyan Elizabeth Truss Tom Tugendhat Shailesh Vara Martin Vickers Theresa Villiers Ben Wallace David Warburton Matt Warman Giles Watling Helen Whately Heather Wheeler Craig Whittaker John Whittingdale Bill Wiggin Gavin Williamson Mike Wood William Wragg (Teller) Nadhim Zahawi DUP Gregory Campbell Nigel Dodds Jeffrey Donaldson Paul Girvan Emma Little Pengelly Ian Paisley Gavin Robinson Jim Shannon David Simpson Sammy Wilson Independent Frank Field Labour Stephen Hepburn Kate Hoey Graham Stringer THE 415 MPs WHO SUPPORTED AN EXTENSION=========== Conservative (Ministers/whips in bold; PPSs/Party Vice Chairs in bold italics) Bim Afolami Peter Aldous Edward Argar Victoria Atkins Richard Benyon Paul Beresford Nick Boles Peter Bottomley Andrew Bowie Karen Bradley Steve Brine James Brokenshire Robert Buckland Alistair Burt Alun Cairns (listed as voting in both lobbies) James Cartlidge Alex Chalk Greg Clark Kenneth Clarke Therese Coffey Alberto Costa Geoffrey Cox Stephen Crabb David Davis Jonathan Djanogly Oliver Dowden David Duguid Alan Duncan Philip Dunne Tobias Ellwood Mark Field Vicky Ford Lucy Frazer Mike Freer (Teller) George Freeman Roger Gale Mark Garnier David Gauke Nick Gibb Cheryl Gillan Robert Goodwill Michael Gove Luke Graham Richard Graham Bill Grant Damian Green Justine Greening Dominic Grieve Sam Gyimah Philip Hammond Stephen Hammond Matt Hancock Richard Harrington Oliver Heald Peter Heaton-Jones Nick Herbert Damian Hinds Simon Hoare George Hollingbery Kevin Hollinrake John Howell Jeremy Hunt Nick Hurd Alister Jack (Teller) Margot James Sajid Javid Jo Johnson Andrew Jones Gillian Keegan Seema Kennedy Stephen Kerr Mark Lancaster Jeremy Lefroy Oliver Letwin Brandon Lewis David Lidington Paul Masterton Theresa May Patrick McLoughlin Maria Miller Anne Milton Andrew Mitchell Nicky Morgan David Mundell Robert Neill Sarah Newton Caroline Nokes Neil Parish Mark Pawsey John Penrose Claire Perry Dan Poulter Rebecca Pow Victoria Prentis Jeremy Quin Amber Rudd David Rutley Antoinette Sandbach Bob Seely Alok Sharma Alec Shelbrooke Keith Simpson Nicholas Soames Caroline Spelman John Stevenson Rory Stewart Gary Streeter Mel Stride Hugo Swire Justin Tomlinson David Tredinnick Edward Vaizey Robin Walker Jeremy Wright Green Caroline Lucas Independent Sylvia Hermon Ivan Lewis Stephen Lloyd Chris Williamson John Woodcock Independent Group Heidi Allen Luciana Berger Ann Coffey Mike Gapes Chris Leslie Joan Ryan Angela Smith Anna Soubry Chuka Umunna Labour Diane Abbott Debbie Abrahams Rushanara Ali Rosena Allin-Khan Mike Amesbury Tonia Antoniazzi Jonathan Ashworth Adrian Bailey Kevin Barron Margaret Beckett Hilary Benn Clive Betts Roberta Blackman-Woods Paul Blomfield Tracy Brabin Ben Bradshaw Kevin Brennan Lyn Brown Nick Brown Chris Bryant Karen Buck Richard Burden Richard Burgon Dawn Butler Liam Byrne Ruth Cadbury Alan Campbell Dan Carden Sarah Champion Jenny Chapman Bambos Charalambous Ann Clwyd Vernon Coaker Julie Cooper Rosie Cooper Yvette Cooper Jeremy Corbyn Neil Coyle David Crausby Mary Creagh Stella Creasy Jon Cruddas John Cryer Judith Cummings Alex Cunningham Jim Cunningham Janet Daby Nic Dakin Wayne David Geraint Davies Marsha De Cordova Gloria de Piero Thangam Debbonaire Emma Dent Coad Tan Dhesi Annaliese Dodds Stephen Doughty Peter Dowd David Drew Jack Dromey Rosie Duffield Angela Eagle Maria Eagle Clive Efford Julie Elliott Louise Ellman Chris Elmore Bill Esterson Christopher Evans Jim Fitzpatrick Colleen Fletcher Caroline Flint Yvonne Fovargue Vicky Foxcroft James Frith Gill Furniss Hugh Gaffney Barry Gardiner Ruth George Preet Gill Mary Glindon Roger Godsiff Helen Goodman Kate Green Lilian Greenwood Margaret Greenwood Nia Griffith John Grogan Louise Haigh Fabian Hamilton David Hanson Emma Hardy Harriet Harman Carolyn Harris Helen Hayes Sue Hayman John Healey Mark Hendrick Mike Hill Meg Hillier Margaret Hodge Sharon Hodgson Kate Hollern George Howarth Rupa Huq Imran Hussain Dan Jarvis Diana Johnson Darren Jones Gerald Jones Graham Jones Helen Jones Kevan Jones Sarah Jones Susan Elan Jones Michael Kane Barbara Keeley Elizabeth Kendall Afzal Khan Gerard Killen Stephen Kinnock Peter Kyle Lesley Laird David Lammy Ian Lavery Karen Lee Emma Lewell-Buck Clive Lewis Tony Lloyd Rebecca Long-Bailey Ian Lucas Holly Lynch Justin Madders Khalid Mahmood Shabana Mahmood Seema Malhotra John Mann Gordon Marsden Sandy Martin Rachael Maskell Chris Matheson Steve McCabe Kerry McCarthy Siobhain McDonagh Andy McDonald John McDonnell Pat McFadden Conor McGinn Alison McGovern Liz McInnes Catherine McKinnell Jim McMahon Anna McMorrin Ian Mearns Ed Miliband Madeleine Moon Jessica Morden Stephen Morgan Grahame Morris Ian Murray Lisa Nandy Alex Norris Melanie Onn Chi Onwurah Kate Osamor Albert Owen Stephanie Peacock Teresa Pearce Matthew Pennycook Toby Perkins Jess Phillips Bridget Phillipson Laura Pidcock Jo Platt Luke Pollard Stephen Pound Lucy Powell Yasmin Qureshi Faisal Rashid Angela Rayner Steve Reed Christina Rees Ellie Reeves Rachel Reeves Emma Reynolds Jonathan Reynolds Marie Rimmer Geoffrey Robinson Matt Rodda Danielle Rowley Chris Ruane Lloyd Russell-Moyle Naz Shah Virendra Sharma Barry Sheerman Paula Sherriff Tulip Siddiq Dennis Skinner Andy Slaughter Ruth Smeeth Cat Smith Eleanor Smith Jeff Smith Laura Smith Nick Smith Karin Smyth Gareth Snell Alex Sobel John Spellar Keir Starmer Jo Stevens Wes Streeting Paul Sweeney Mark Tami Gareth Thomas Nick Thomas-Symonds Emily Thornberry Stephen Timms Jon Trickett Anna Turley Karl Turner Derek Twigg Stephen Twigg Liz Twist Keith Vaz Valerie Vaz Thelma Walker Tom Watson Catherine West Matt Western Alan Whitehead Martin Whitfield Paul Williams Phil Wilson Mohammad Yasin Daniel Zeichner Liberal Democrat Tom Brake Vince Cable Alistair Carmichael Ed Davey Tim Farron Wera Hobhouse Christine Jardine Norman Lamb Layla Moran Jamie Stone Jo Swinson Plaid Cymru Jonathan Edwards Ben Lake Liz Saville Roberts Hywel Williams SNP Hannah Bardell Mhairi Black Ian Blackford Kirsty Blackman Deidre Brock Alan Brown Lisa Cameron Doug Chapman Joanna Cherry Ronnie Cowan Angela Crawley Martyn Day Martin Docherty-Hughes Marion Fellows Stephen Gethins Patricia Gibson Patrick Grady Peter Grant Neil Gray Drew Hendry Stewart Hosie Chris Law David Linden Angus MacNeil Stewart McDonald Stuart McDonald John McNally Carol Monaghan Gavin Newlands Brendan O’Hara Tommy Sheppard Chris Stephens Alison Thewliss Philippa Whitford Pete Wishart THE 20 MPs WHO DID NOT VOTE IN THE DIVISION*======= Conservative (Ministers/whips in bold) Guto Bebb Richard Drax Greg Hands Gordon Henderson Phillip Lee Guy Opperman Mark Prisk Andrew Selous Julian Smith Charles Walker Independent Ian Austin Kelvin Hopkins Jared O’Mara Fiona Onasanya Independent Group Gavin Shuker Sarah Wollaston Labour Ronnie Campbell Paul Farrelly Andrew Gwynne Owen Smith *Not including the Speaker, John Bercow, and his three deputies (Lindsay Hoyle, Eleanor Laing and Rosie Winterton) who, by convention, do not vote in Commons divisions and the Sinn Fein MPs who have not taken their seats. NB: Absence from the division may be for a number of reasons, such as being ill, or on parliamentary business elsewhere, as well as a deliberate abstention. Sometimes the whips ‘pair’ absent MPs from opposing sides to cancel each other out. One seat (Newport West) is currently vacant following the death of Paul Flynn. Photocredit: ©UK Parliament/Mark Duffy