On 12 February 2019, Theresa May made a statement to the House of Commons on the government`s progress in securing a withdrawal agreement. [87] On 14 February, a vote on a amendable motion was held as follows: „Let this House welcome the Prime Minister`s statement of 12 February 2019; reaffirms its support for the approach to leaving the EU expressed by this House on 29 January 2019 and notes that discussions between the UK and the EU on the „backstop” are under way. On the weekend before the amendment was voted on in the House of Commons, the leaders of the United Nations Group on Relations with the European Union signed a statement saying: „Members of all parties have already given valuable control to the EU withdrawal law and we have forced the government to make some concessions. But it won`t matter if we can`t really vote on the withdrawal agreement that the government is negotiating with the European Union. [20] [21] The success of the Grieves amendment (by 321 votes to 299) means that MEPs can now amend this proposal,[65] giving them a much wider say over the UK`s withdrawal from the EU. [66] The House of Commons voted by 358 votes to 234 in favour of a second reading of the EU withdrawal agreement, with a majority of 124 votes (although the dividing lists show that there were actually 359 MPs voting in the Aye lobby, meaning that there was indeed a majority of 125). Immediately afterwards, opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn called for a vote of no confidence in the government, which took place on 16 January 2019. The government won by 325 votes to 306, a majority of 19. [81] Parliamentary votes on Brexit, sometimes referred to as „sensible votes,” are parliamentary votes, in accordance with Section 13 of the United Kingdom`s European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, which obliges the UK government to submit a amendable parliamentary motion to ratify the Brexit withdrawal agreement at the end of negotiations between the government and the European Union, in accordance with Article 50. [1] [2] Members approved the second reading of the law by 358 votes to 234.

The request for a programme for the EU withdrawal agreement was adopted by 353 votes to 243. The bill will be adopted on Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7 January in a committee of the whole Assembly and on Thursday 8 January 2020 at its third reading. It was the first time MPs had voted for one of the Brexit laws in the House of Commons. Today`s vote means that Members have adopted the general principles of the legislation, and it will now move to the so-called „committee stage,” where further consideration will take place. Here is a guide to the rest on the Parliament`s website. Meanwhile, 234 MPs voted against the law (236 MPs, including two election officials), 164 Labour MPs, 45 SNP MPs, 11 Lib Dem MPs, 7 duP, 4 Plaid-Cymru MPs, 2 SDLP MPs, 1 Green MP, 1 Alliance MP and 1 independent. The government rejected the Lords` proposal to give the House of Commons the power to decide the next steps for the government if the withdrawal agreement is rejected by Parliament. [35] On December 4, 2018, the government tabled a business motion to set the timetable for the meaningful vote, as requested in S13 (1) (b), with the vote scheduled for December 11, 2018.

[69] The last vote agrees with the transitional 11-month period following 31 January, during which the UK will no longer be a member of the EU, but will continue to abide by its rules and contribute to its budget.