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Here are all the MPs who voted to stop Theresa May's plans for Brexit

Some 89 MPs voted against the motion to force the Government to reveal their Brexit plans saying it was a 'Tory trap' to make Labour accept the triggering of Article 50 by the end of March

Caroline Mortimer
Thursday 08 December 2016 09:58 GMT
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MPs have voted to trigger Article 50 by the end of March next year as Labour attempts to force Theresa May to reveal her plan for Brexit.

Some 461 MPs vote in favour of a proposal to force the Government to stick to its own deadline for triggering the mechanism that starts the process for Britain to leave the European Union.

The move came after Labour proposed a motion that called on the Government into revealing its Brexit plan.

Ms May accepted the motion but added the amendment regarding Article 50, which the Labour leadership decided to support.

But 89 MPs, including 23 Labour MPs, voted against the motion saying it was too fast and would put pressure on Ms May to opt for Hard Brexit – meaning an end to freedom of movement and losing access to the single market.

Green MP Caroline Lucas accused the Labour party of failing into a "Tory trap of binding (it) to supporting the invoking of article 50 by March, which is an unrealistic and increasingly arbitrary date".

Some have reacted with outrage at the rebellion with the Conservative party's official Twitter account tweeting the names of the individual Labour MPs who voted against it, accusing them of not respecting the referendum result and saying the party is "out of touch with ordinary working people".

The vote was part of an Opposition day debate meaning it was not binding but it has been viewed as a symbolic victory for those who believe the Government should be more transparent about their plans for Brexit.

Here is the full list of those who voted against the plans:

Labour - 23

Rushanara Ali

Graham Allen

Ben Bradshaw

Ann Coffey

Neil Coyle

Stella Creasy

Geraint Davies

Jim Dowd

Louise Ellman

Chris Evans

Paul Farrelly

Mike Gapes

Helen Hayes

Meg Hillier

Peter Kyle

Tottenham MP David Lammy was one of several high-profile MPs to vote against the motion
Tottenham MP David Lammy was one of several high-profile MPs to vote against the motion (AFP/Getty)

David Lammy

Chris Leslie

Ian Murray

Barry Sheerman

Tulip Siddiq

Angela Smith

Catherine West

Daniel Zeichner

Conservative - 1

Ken Clarke was the only Conservative MP to vote against the motion
Ken Clarke was the only Conservative MP to vote against the motion (PA)

Ken Clarke

SNP - 51

Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

Hannah Bardell

Mhairi Black

Ian Blackford

Kirsty Blackman

Philip Boswell

Deidre Brock

Alan Brown

Lisa Cameron

Douglas Chapman

Joanna Cherry

Ronnie Cowan

Angela Crawley

Martyn Day

Martin Docherty-Hughes

Stuart Blair Donaldson

Marion Fellows

Margaret Ferrier

Stephen Gethins

Patricia Gibson

Patrick Grady

Peter Grant

Neil Gray

Drew Hendry

Stewart Hosie

George Kerevan

Calum Kerr

Chris Law

Angus MacNeil

John Mc Nally

Callum McCaig

Stuart McDonald

Anne McLaughlin

Carol Monaghan

Paul Monaghan

Roger Mullin

Gavin Newlands

John Nicolson

Brendan O'Hara

Kirsten Oswald

Steven Paterson

Angus Robertson

Former SNP First Minister Alex Salmond said his party were against the committment to trigger Article 50
Former SNP First Minister Alex Salmond said his party were against the committment to trigger Article 50 (Getty)

Alex Salmond

Tommy Sheppard

Chris Stephens

Alison Thewliss

Mike Weir

Eilidh Whiteford

Philippa Whitford

Corri Wilson

Pete Wishart

Independent (formerly sitting as SNP MPs) - 2

Natalie McGarry

Michelle Thomson

Liberal Democrat - 5

Alistair CarmichaelF

Former deputy leader and Brexit spokesman Nick Clegg voted against it
Former deputy leader and Brexit spokesman Nick Clegg voted against it (Getty)

Nick Clegg

Tim Farron

Sarah Olney

Mark Williams

SDLP - 3

Mark Durkan

Alasdair McDonnell

Margaret Ritchie

Plaid Cymru - 3

Jonathan Edwards

Liz Saville Roberts

Hywel Williams

Green Party - 1

Caroline Lucas

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