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MPs voted to extend Brexit beyond March 29 by supporting a government motion imposed on Theresa May by the House of Commons.
The motion, which May was forced to accept if her own plan on Brexit was again defeated, as it was Tuesday, states that the government will seek an agreement with the EU for an extension of Article 50 beyond this date. It was adopted by 412 votes against 202.
The motion says that if a plan for Brexit is approved by March 20, it will be a brief technical extension until June 30. Otherwise, this would probably involve a longer period and the UK's participation in the next European elections.
Earlier, MPs narrowly missed the opportunity to take control of the Brexit process in a series of indicative votes in the House of Commons next week, also rejecting the idea of a second referendum at the first time they were called to vote.
On the third day following the vote on Brexit, centered on a government motion asking whether the deadline for departure should be extended, MPs rejected a multi-party amendment to put the House of Commons at the center of the process by 312 votes against 314.
Presented by Labor MPs Hilary Benn and Yvette Cooper, as well as by former Conservative Minister Oliver Letwin, this called for a way to "allow the House of Commons to find a way forward with the support of the majority "after rejection of Theresa May's plan to Brexit second time Tuesday.
The amendment indicated that next Wednesday the usual order for government business would not apply, the priority being given to a 25-member motion on Brexit – which would imply a series of indicative votes from MPs to see if a plan could command a majority.
In a complex series of votes, an amendment to Benn's amendment tabled by Lucy Powell of Labor, to add a deadline of late June for any delay to Brexit, was rejected for the first time by 314 votes to 311. main amendment was subsequently rejected.
Immediately before, another amendment to the government's main motion saw a big defeat for the idea of a second referendum on Brexit – something that became inevitable after the Labor Party ordered its MPs to abstain.
The amendment, tabled by former Conservative Sarah Wollaston, now from the Independent Group, and signed by about 30 MPs, was rejected by 85 votes to 334.
Proponents of the so-called popular vote in advance wanted to downplay the importance of the vote given the union's abstention, and insist that the idea could be revived if the Brexit process became more and more blocked.
The Labor Party abstained because the party's policy is to first claim its own plan for Brexit and support a second referendum if it does not happen.
Labor MPs who publicly support a second referendum issued a joint letter explaining that they had abstained, saying it was not their best chance of victory.
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