Brexit ballot: What are the options MPs are voting on tonight?

MPs will vote on eight possible outcomes after backbenchers seized control of the Commons agenda

MPs will vote on eight different Brexit options tonight after backbench MPs dramatically seized control of the Commons agenda.

Despite opposition from the government, MPs backed a plan for "indicative votes" to try to establish which Brexit outcome is most likely to command a Commons majority.

Conservative MPs will be given a free vote on the options, although cabinet ministers will abstain. Labour, meanwhile, has whipped its MPs to support three of the proposals but they will be free to vote as they please on the others.

The votes will take place using a paper ballot, with MPs voting yes or no on each of the options. The results are expected to be announced by John Bercow, the Commons speaker, later on Wednesday.

Mr Bercow narrowed down the original 16 proposals to eight that MPs will be asked to vote on. They are:

No-deal Brexit - John Baron (Conservative) - Motion B

Backed by four Conservative MPs, Mr Baron's motion calls for the UK to leave the EU on 12 April without a deal.

Common Market 2.0 - Nick Boles (Conservative) - Motion D

Tabled by a cross-party group including Conservatives Nick Boles and Robert Halfon and Labour's Stephen Kinnock and Lucy Powell, the plan would lead to a softer Brexit in which the UK continues to participate in the single market and a "comprehensive customs arrangement" with the EU. Britain would remain in the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and European Economic Area (EEA) until a different trade deal could be agreed. The plan has been signed by more than 30 Labour and Conservative MPs. Labour is encouraging its MPs to support the proposal, although is not whipping them to do so.

EEA/EFTA without customs union - George Eustice (Conservative) Motion H

Put forward by Conservative MP and former agriculture minister George Eustice, the proposal is similar to the Common Market 2.0 plan but would not involve the UK entering into customs union with the EU. It has the backing of more than a dozen moderate Tories.

Customs union - Ken Clarke (Conservative) - Motion J

This plan would require the government to negotiate "as a minimum...a permanent and comprehensive UK-wide customs union with the EU" in any Brexit deal. This commitment would be enshrined in law. The motion has been tabled by veteran Conservative Europhile Ken Clarke and has cross-party backing, including from senior parliamentarians Hilary Benn, Sir Oliver Letwin and Yvette Cooper. Labour will whip its MPs to support the proposal.

Labour's plan - Jeremy Corbyn (Labour) - Motion K

Jeremy Corbyn's Brexit plan would see the UK stay in a customs union with the EU, maintain close alignment with the single market, adopt new EU rights and protections and continue to participate in EU agencies and funding programmes. Labour has, unsurprisingly, ordered its MPs to vote for this plan.

Revoke Article 50 - Joanna Cherry (SNP) - Motion L

This SNP motion says MPs must be given a vote on whether or not to accept a no-deal outcome if no exit plan has been approved by parliament. If MPs voted against no deal, the government would have to halt Brexit by revoke Article 50. The proposal has the backing of 38 MPs, including Conservative former attorney general Dominic Grieve, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable, several Labour MPs and all 11 members of The Independent Group.

Fresh Brexit referendum - Dame Margaret Beckett (Labour) - Motion M

The so-called Kyle-Wilson amendment, named after Labour MPs Peter Kyle and Phil Wilson who drew it up, this would require a public vote on any Brexit deal passed by parliament. It has been tabled by Dame Margaret Beckett, the former foreign secretary, and has the backing of dozens of MPs from all of the main parties. Labour is ordering its MPs to vote for the motion.

Contingent preferential arrangements - Marcus Fysh (Conservative) - Motion O

Tory Eurosceptics including Marcus Fysh, Steve Baker and Priti Patel have put forward a plan calling on the government to negotiate "preferential" trade arrangements with the EU if no withdrawal agreement can be agreed.