But she hoped to win the Democratic Unionist Party, whose 10 MPs have supported her government since 2017. Instead, they voted against the deal unanimously. On 21 October, the government published the withdrawal agreement and offered opposition MPs a three-day debate to verify it. [146] On the evening of October 22, 2019, the government brought the recently revised EU Withdrawal Act to the House of Commons. [147] MPs voted to give a second reading to the bill, passed by 329 votes to 299, and the timing of debate on the bill, which was rejected by 322 votes to 308. Ahead of the votes, Johnson had said that if his timetable did not manage the support needed for passage in Parliament, he would abandon attempts to approve the deal and seek a general election. After the vote, Mr. Johnson announced that the legislation would be put on hold as he addressed other EU heads of state and government. [147] [148] Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Speaker of the House of Commons – who is part of the cabinet but is not formally a member – also voted against the deal twice, then supported it on March 29. Charles Michel, the president of the European Council, welcomed the vote and tweeted that it was an “important step in the process of ratifying Article 50”. He added that “a level playing field remains a must for any future relationship”, referring to the EU`s demand for fair competition in exchange for a free trade agreement with zero tariffs and zero quotas. The European Parliament expects to ratify the withdrawal treaty on 29 January, when the next steps will take place as planned in Westminster and pave the way for the UK`s exit from the EU on 31 January. January.

All amendments to the request were rejected. The amendment itself was then rejected by a lead of 303 votes to 259, partly due to abstentions from the Conservative GROUP`s group of MEPs in the European Research Group, who said the motion appeared to rule out an exit from the EU without a withdrawal agreement. [88] Each time, the 10 DUP deputies voted against. Theresa May reduced the number of Conservative MPs ready to vote against her Brexit deal on Friday, but she underestimated the intransigence of hardline Eurosceptics within her own party. In the vote, 286 MEPs voted in favour of their agreement, 344 against and 4 abstained. 34 Tories stood firm. His predecessor Theresa May conducted lengthy negotiations with the EU27, which resulted in a withdrawal agreement signed on 25 November 2018. In line with the February 27 request, the defeat of the second significant vote means that the government must immediately present a request for withdrawal from the European Union without a withdrawal agreement. The motion, which blocked a no-deal Brexit, was introduced on March 13.

[94] [95] Two amendments to the amendment were put to the vote: the first, tabled by Caroline Spelman and categorically opposed to a no-deal in all circumstances, was adopted by 312 to 308; The second, the “Malthouse compromise”, which supported what is called a “Brexit managed no deal”, failed by 164 to 374. During the debate, the government assured potential Conservative rebels that they would address their concerns in a new amendment that lords should consider. It was assumed that the concession proposed by the ministers would include a new parliamentary motion if the Brexit deal was rejected by MPs[3], which would open the door for MPs who would take control of the negotiations if ministers failed to reach an agreement in Brussels. [45] The concession meant that the government had obtained 324 votes to 298, a majority of 26 [3] [46] All others would have had to resign from their government functions in order to vote against it. . . .