BREXIT - UK MPs back Brady amendment, sending May back to Brussels to renegotiate Tuesday Jan 29.2019

UK MPs back Brady amendment, sending Prime Minister Theresa May back to Brussels to renegotiate

British MPs support PM Theresa May's plan to renegotiate Brexit deal

British MPs have back the Brady amendment by 317 to 301 in Tuesday Jan 29,2019 's crucial vote, meaning they expect  May to go back to Brussels to renegotiate the Brexit deal currently on the table.

The amendment was introduced by Sir Graham Brady, the influential head of the Conservative Party's 1922 Committee.

He wants to overcome the main hurdle to May's deal by replacing the "Irish backstop", which he claims would give May "enormous firepower" to demand concessions from Brussels and could simply be appended to her withdrawal agreement.

The Brady amendment rests on Conservative hopes that a clear statement of intent by MPs will prompt the EU to compromise, but there is no sign it will.

Parliament back amendment rejecting a no-deal Brexit

British MPs have backed an advisory amendment rejecting a no-deal Brexit by 318 votes to 310
.

This so-called Cooper amendment, put forward by the Labour chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee, Yvette Cooper, sought to prevent a "no-deal" Brexit, something economists warn would be disastrous, by directing the government to extend the deadline if there is no agreement by February 26.

MPs reject plan to delay Brexit, increasing chances of no-deal Brexit

Members of UK Parliament have rejected a plan to delay Brexit on Tuesday evening.

The delay was a plan to prevent a possibly disastrous no-deal Brexit, which could

If the amendment, which was defeated 321 to 298, had passed, parliamentarians would have secured time to vote on a draft bill which would grant parliament power to request a Brexit extension if Prime Minister Theresa May did not receive support for the deal by 26 February.

The Cooper plan, which was backed by Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn, called for an extension of Article 50 to keep the UK in the EU until the end of the year in order to reach a deal. 

It was supported by the Labour frontbench as well as Tories including Nick Boles, but was defeated by 321 votes to 298

The Labour MPs who voted against it were  -

1. Ian Austin, Dudley North 
2. Kevin Barron, Rother Valley
3. Ronnie Campbell, Blyth Valley
4. Rosie Cooper, West Lancashire
5. Jim Fitzpatrick, Poplar and Limehouse
6. Caroline Flint, Don Valley
7. Roger Godsiff, Birmingham Hall Green
8. Stephen Hepburn, Jarrow
9. Kate Hoey, Vauxhall
10. John Mann, Bassetlaw
11. Dennis Skinner, Bolsover
12. Laura Smith, Crewe and Nantwich
13. Gareth Snell, Stoke-on-Trent Central
14. Graham Stringer, Blackley and Broughton  

Mr Austin and Mr Mann are vocal opponents of Mr Corbyn's leadership while Ms Hoey has been one of the most prominent Labour Brexiteers. 

Of the rebels, Ronnie Campbell, Roger Godsiff, John Mann, Graham Stringer and Dennis Skinner were also Leave supporters in the 2016 referendum. 

Others including Caroline Flint in Don Valley and Kevin Barron in Rother Valley were pro-Remain in 2016 but represent very Leave-supporting constituencies.