Brexit vote result - LIVE: Jeremy Corbyn tables vote of no confidence in Theresa May that could bring down government after historic 230-vote Commons defeat
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Your support makes all the difference.MPs overwhelmingly rejected Theresa May’s divorce deal with the EU on Tuesday evening, plunging the Brexit process into chaos.
The defeat was widely expected, but the scale of the House of Commons’ vote – 432 votes against the government and 202 in support – was devastating for Ms May’s fragile leadership.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn put forward a confidence motion in the aftermath of the crushing loss, which made history as the biggest ever government defeat on the floor of the House of Commons.
The defeat by 230 votes easily beat the previous record of 166 votes, set in 1924 by the minority Labour government of Ramsay MacDonald.
Parliament finally delivered its verdict on the prime minister’s withdrawal agreement after months of debate, as crowds of both Leave and Remain protesters gathered outside parliament to express their anger.
Ms May insisted she intended to stay on, setting out plans for talks with senior parliamentarians in the hope of finding “genuinely negotiable” solutions which she can take to Brussels.
But she faces another crucial vote on Wednesday after the Labour leader moved to table a formal motion of no confidence in her government.
Senior ministers reportedly told top business leaders that a motion to delay the Article 50 process of leaving the EU is being prepared in a conference call following the vote defeat.
To follow events as they unfolded, see our live coverage below:
↵Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon responds to tonight's result...
↵Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, suggests the UK staying in the EU is the only "positive" solution "if a deal is impossible, and no one wants no deal"
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable has issued this statement:
“This is the beginning of the end of Brexit. With Parliament in deadlock, it is time to go back to the public.
“Labour have finally lodged a no confidence motion, after weeks of failing to do so. I have signed it and the Liberal Democrats will vote against a Conservative government which is now in meltdown.
“However, a general election will not offer a way forward for the country so long as Jeremy Corbyn continues to procrastinate, backing Brexit while pretending not to. And while the Conservatives are more divided than ever, they are likely to unite with their friends in the DUP if only to keep themselves in office.
“Jeremy Corbyn must listen to Labour members and MPs, and back a People’s Vote on the government’s plan versus staying in the European Union.”
↵STORY: Jeremy Corbyn calls vote of no confidence in Theresa May's government
STORY: EU president says UK remaining is only option 'if a deal is impossible, and no one wants no deal'
The DUP has issued a very short statement saying simply:
"We will support the government in the confidence vote".
Theresa May's spokesman says the government will set out plans on Thursday for how it plans to consult with other parties to try to find a way forward.
There are no plans to seek an extension of Article 50 at this stage, he says.
A bit more from the DUP...
The party's Brexit spokesperson, Sammy Wilson, tells the BBC:
"We will vote with the government, we will vote against the Labour Party's confidence motion.
"We want to see the Conservative government continuing to deliver on Brexit ... we never wanted a change of government, we wanted a change of policy back to what the prime minister promised in the manifesto she stood on, and the promises she made in subsequent speeches."
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