How Labour rebels saved May's Brexit: The 14 MPs who defied Corbyn's demands and put the country before their party to allow PM to push EU for better deal

  • Theresa May is on a collision course with EU leaders who say they will refuse to renegotiate Irish backstop  
  • MPs, who inflicted a historic defeat on PM earlier this month, last night voted by 317 to 301 to give backing
  • 14 Labour MPs voted against a Jeremy Corbyn-backed proposal to delay Brexit and hand win to Mrs May
  • Backbench rebels including Dennis Skinner joined the Tories to reject the plan to hold up Brexit by 3 months
  • Seven Labour defectors backed the Brady amendment to renegotiate deal and gface deselection callsT
  • heresa May is ready to butt heads with the EU over the Irish backstop and will now return to Brussels to demand concessions after her dramatic Commons win revived her Brexit deal.
    The Prime Minister will start her charm offensive by speaking to Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar first thing this morning before jetting to see European leaders 'once the dust settles' later this week.
    She will also meet with Jeremy Corbyn after PMQs today to discuss Brexit after the Labour leader was humiliated after MPs rejected Labour's bid to keep Britain in the EU past March 29.
    But Mrs May faces an uphill battle with the EU after European Council President Donald Tusk said her proposal to reopen negotiations was not 'credible' within minutes of her big win.
    Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker also told her yesterday she is wasting her time and European Parliament Brexit co-ordinator Guy Verhofstadt said this morning the backstop 'must remain'.
    Last night the prime minister secured an extraordinary victory keeping her deal alive and kill off delaying Brexit and relied on fourteen Labour MPs from leave-backing constituencies for her triumph.
    Hundreds of MPs who inflicted a historic defeat on her withdrawal plan earlier this month last night voted by 317 to 301 to give her 'Plan B' their backing – provided the Irish backstop is replaced.
    The Prime Minister said there could now be a 'substantial and sustainable majority for leaving the EU with a deal' with Tory sources suggested Mrs May might return to Brussels to seek concessions by the end of this week.
    But she is now on collision course with European leaders, with European Council President Donald Tusk saying the divorce deal was not up for renegotiation within minutes of her Commons win.
    Labour defections helped Mrs May to triumph in the Commons and win backing for her plans to seek an alternative to the Irish backstop.
    But there are growing calls from members of Jeremy Corbyn's Momentum group to deselect them with critics calling them 'traitors'.
    Theresa May smiles last  night after securing a rare Commons victory last night as she goes head to head with the EU over the dreaded backstop
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    Theresa May smiles last  night after securing a rare Commons victory last night as she goes head to head with the EU over the dreaded backstop
  • A diagram showing how Graham Brady's amendment - calling on Theresa May to renegotiate the Irish backstop - won the support of the House of Commons
  • 14 Labour MPs rebelled against Jeremy Corbyn last night to sink the party's plan to delay Brexit and send Theresa May back to Brussels with a stronger hand.