MPs have rejected all four alternatives to Theresa May's EU withdrawal deal after Parliament took control of the Brexit process for the second time in the space of a week.
A proposal from Europhile Tory grandee Kenneth Clarke for a customs union arrangement with the EU was rejected by only three votes, while a demand for a second referendum was defeated by 12 and a Norway-style deal put forward by Nick Boles by 21.
Mr Boles immediately declared that he would no longer sit as a Conservative MP, blaming the party for refusing to compromise on a means of leaving the European Union.
Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay told MPs that the default outcome was now a no-deal Brexit on April 12, but said it was still possible to leave with a deal - and avoid holding European Parliament elections in May - if the Commons approves an agreement this week.
Cabinet will meet on Tuesday for five hours to thrash out a way forward.
The Brexit Proposals were (finals results in brackets):
Motion C: Customs union
Tory former chancellor Ken Clarke's customs union plan requires any Brexit deal to include, as a minimum, a commitment to negotiate a "permanent and comprehensive UK-wide customs union with the EU".
Motion D: Common market 2.0
Tabled by Conservatives Nick Boles, Robert Halfon and Dame Caroline Spelman and Labour's Stephen Kinnock, Lucy Powell plus the SNP's Stewart Hosie.
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 - including a "UK say" on future EU trade deals - would remain in place until the agreement of a wider trade deal which guarantees frictionless movement of goods and an open border in Ireland.
Motion E: Confirmatory public vote
It has been drawn up by Labour MPs Peter Kyle and Phil Wilson. This motion would require a public vote to confirm any Brexit deal passed by Parliament before its ratification.
Motion G: Parliamentary supremacy
SNP MP Joanna Cherry joined with Dominic Grieve and MPs from other parties with this plan to seek an extension to the Brexit process, and if this is not possible then Parliament will choose between either no-deal or revoking Article 50.
An inquiry would follow to assess the future relationship likely to be acceptable to Brussels and have majority support in the UK.
How did our MPs vote
LABOUR
Helen Goodman, Bishop Auckland (Labour)
FOR
- Customs union
- Common Market 2.0
- Confirmatory referendum
- Parliamentary supremacy
Jenny Chapman, Darlington (Labour)
FOR
- Customs union
- Common Market 2.0
- Confirmatory referendum
DID NOT VOTE
- Parliamentary supremacy
Phil Wilson, Sedgefield (Labour)
FOR
- Customs union
- Common Market 2.0
- Confirmatory referendum
- Parliamentary supremacy
Andy McDonald, Middlesbrough (Labour)
FOR
- Customs union
- Common Market 2.0
- Confirmatory referendum
DID NOT VOTE
- Parliamentary supremacy
Mike Hill, Hartlepool (Labour)
FOR
- Customs union
AGAINST
- Common Market 2.0
- Confirmatory referendum
DID NOT VOTE
- Parliamentary supremacy
Alex Cunningham, Stockton North (Labour)
FOR
- Customs union
- Common Market 2.0
- Confirmatory referendum
DID NOT VOTE
- Parliamentary supremacy
Dr Paul Williams, Stockton South (Labour)
FOR
- Confirmatory referendum
- Parliamentary supremacy
AGAINST
- Customs union
- Common Market 2.0
Anna Turley, Redcar (Labour)
FOR
- Customs union
- Confirmatory referendum
- Parliamentary supremacy
DID NOT VOTE
- Common Market 2.0
Roberta Blackman-Woods, City of Durham (Labour)
FOR
- Customs union
- Common Market 2.0
- Confirmatory referendum
- Parliamentary supremacy
Kevan Jones, North Durham (Labour)
FOR
- Customs union
AGAINST
- Confirmatory referendum
DID NOT VOTE
- Common Market 2.0
- Parliamentary supremacy
Laura Pidcock, North West Durham (Labour)
FOR
- Customs union
- Common Market 2.0
- Confirmatory referendum
DID NOT VOTE
- Parliamentary supremacy
Grahame Morris, Easington (Labour)
FOR
- Customs union
AGAINST
- Common Market 2.0
- Confirmatory referendum
DID NOT VOTE
- Parliamentary supremacy
Julie Elliott, Sunderland Central (Labour)
FOR
- Customs union
- Confirmatory referendum
DID NOT VOTE
- Common Market 2.0
- Parliamentary supremacy
Bridget Phillipson, Houghton and Sunderland South (Labour)
FOR
- Customs union
- Confirmatory referendum
- Parliamentary supremacy
DID NOT VOTE
- Common Market 2.0
Sharon Hodgson, Washington and Sunderland West (Labour)
FOR
- Customs union
- Common Market 2.0
- Confirmatory referendum
DID NOT VOTE
- Parliamentary supremacy
Ian Mearns, Gateshead (Labour)
FOR
- Customs union
- Common Market 2.0
- Parliamentary supremacy
DID NOT VOTE
- Confirmatory referendum
Stephen Hepburn, Jarrow (Labour)
AGAINST
- Customs union
- Common Market 2.0
- Confirmatory referendum
- Parliamentary supremacy
Nicholas Brown, Newcastle Upon Tyne East (Labour)
FOR
- Customs union
- Common Market 2.0
- Confirmatory referendum
DID NOT VOTE
- Parliamentary supremacy
Chi Onwurah, Newcastle upon Tyne Central (Labour)
FOR
- Customs union
- Common Market 2.0
- Confirmatory referendum
- Parliamentary supremacy
Catherine McKinnell, Newcastle upon Tyne North (Labour)
FOR
- Customs union
- Confirmatory referendum
- Parliamentary supremacy
DID NOT VOTE
- Common Market 2.0
Mary Glindon, North Tyneside (Labour)
FOR
- Customs union
- Common Market 2.0
AGAINST
- Confirmatory referendum
DID NOT VOTE
- Parliamentary supremacy
Liz Twist, Blaydon (Labour)
FOR
- Customs union
- Common Market 2.0
- Confirmatory referendum
DID NOT VOTE
- Parliamentary supremacy
Emma Lewell-Buck, South Shields (Labour)
FOR
- Customs union
AGAINST
- Common Market 2.0
- Confirmatory referendum
- Parliamentary supremacy
Ronnie Campbell, Blyth (Labour)
AGAINST
- Customs union
- Common Market 2.0
- Confirmatory referendum
- Parliamentary supremacy
CONSERVATIVES
Simon Clarke, Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (Conservative)
AGAINST
- Customs union
- Common Market 2.0
- Confirmatory referendum
- Parliamentary supremacy
Rishi Sunak, Richmond Yorks (Conservative)
AGAINST
- Customs union
- Common Market 2.0
- Confirmatory referendum
- Parliamentary supremacy
Kevin Hollinrake, Thirsk & Malton (Conservative)
FOR
- Common Market 2.0
AGAINST
- Customs union
- Confirmatory referendum
- Parliamentary supremacy
Robert Goodwill, Scarborough and Whitby (Conservative)
AGAINST
- Customs union
- Common Market 2.0
- Confirmatory referendum
- Parliamentary supremacy
Nigel Adams, Selby and Ainsty (Conservative)
AGAINST
- Customs union
- Common Market 2.0
- Confirmatory referendum
- Parliamentary supremacy
Andrew Jones, Harrogate and Knaresborough (Conservative)
AGAINST
- Customs union
- Common Market 2.0
- Confirmatory referendum
- Parliamentary supremacy
Julian Smith, Skipton and Ripon (Conservative)
DID NOT VOTE
- Customs union
- Common Market 2.0
- Confirmatory referendum
- Parliamentary supremacy
Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Berwick-upon-Tweed (Conservative)
AGAINST
- Customs union
- Common Market 2.0
- Confirmatory referendum
- Parliamentary supremacy
Guy Opperman, Hexham (Conservative)
FOR
- Customs union
AGAINST
- Common Market 2.0
- Confirmatory referendum
- Parliamentary supremacy
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