Brexit vote: The 11 Tory rebel MPs who defeated the Government
Dominic Grieve, Nicky Morgan and Anna Soubry among those to vote against the legislation
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Your support makes all the difference.Eleven Conservative rebels helped to defeat Theresa May in a critical vote on its key piece of Brexit legislation.
MPs amended the EU Withdrawal Bill against Theresa May's will, so guaranteeing Parliament a "meaningful" vote on any deal she agrees with Brussels.
In the end the Government was defeated by 309 votes to 305, a margin of just four votes.
The 11 Conservative rebels were:
Dominic Grieve
Heidi Allen
Ken Clarke
Nicky Morgan
Anna Soubry
Sarah Wollaston
Bob Neill
Stephen Hammond
Oliver Heald
Jonathan Djanogly
Antoinette Sandbach
A 12th Tory in the aye lobby was John Stevenson who voted both ways - an active abstention
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