Theresa May's UK government suffers the biggest government defeat in modern times, when 432 MPs voting against the proposed European Union withdrawal agreement, giving her opponents a majority of 230.

Theresa May

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019

Theresa Mary May, Baroness May of Maidenhead, is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2016 to 2019. She previously served as Home Secretary from 2010 to 2016. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for…

List of government defeats in the House of Commons since 1945

The following article is a list of government defeats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom since 1945; that is, where the government whips have instructed their MPs to vote a certain way on a division of the House and have subsequently been defeated. Whilst most defeats…

Brexit withdrawal agreement

2020 EU–UK agreement for implementing Brexit

The Brexit withdrawal agreement, officially titled Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, is a treaty between the European Union (EU), Euratom, and the United…

January 15

Day of the year

January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 350 days remain until the end of the year.