How Theresa May was abandoned by 118 of her own MPs as her Brexit deal was crushed by the worst defeat in Commons history
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Theresa May suffered an historic landslide defeat in the Commons tonight, losing her Brexit deal by 432 to 202 – a huge majority of 230.
She suffered a rebellion of 118 of her MPs – with the group including a raft of former ministers. Tom Pursglove and Eddie Hughes quit as ministerial aides tonight to join the rebels.
It was the biggest Tory rebellion for decades – worse than anything faced by David Cameron, John Major or Margaret Thatcher.
The revolt includes more than a third of her entire 317-strong party and was led by ringleaders Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg.
A raft of Brexit supporting former ministers including David Davis, Dominic Raab, Sir Michael Fallon and Esther McVey were among the rebels.
Mrs May was also deserted by Remain rebels – including Jo Johnson, Sam Gyimah and Philip Lee who all quit the Government to vote No tonight.
Overall there are 17 former Tory Cabinet ministers on the list – including Iain Duncan Smith, Owen Paterson, Andrew Mitchell and Priti Patel.
All ten of the DUP MPs who are supposed to be propping up the Tories in power also deserted the Government.
