Jonathan Djanogly joins rebels voting against government Brexit vote

Jonathan Djanogly was one of 12 Conservative MPs to vote against the government in a key vote on its Brexit bill tonight, handing the Prime Minister a narrow defeat in the Commons.

MPs voted 309 to 305 to give Parliament a legal guarantee of a vote on the final Brexit deal that can be struck with Brussels.

The government argued that this would make it more difficult to secure a smooth exit from the European Union.

It was the government’s first Commons defeat on Brexit as last-minute concessions were rejected by rebel Tory MPs.