More than 20 Tory MPs face deselection after they rebelled against the government tonight.
Boris Johnsons chief whip is speaking to the 21 who voted in favour of a move to try to stop a no-deal Brexit and they will be expelled from the party, a spokesman said.
The chief whip is speaking to those Tory MPs who did not vote with the government this evening. They will have the Tory whip removed, the spokesman from Johnsons office said.
MPs voted to seize control of the House of Commons agenda tonight, so they could put forward a bill tomorrow aimed at blocking a no-deal Brexit. It would force the government to seek an extension to Brexit if no deal is agreed by October 17.
The rebels include Winston Churchills grandson Sir Nicholas Soames, who said he would not stand in the next general election.
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He told BBC Twos Newsnight: I actually wont stand. Im not going to stand.
The rebel MPs
The Tory MPs who rebelled tonight were:
- Guto Bebb
- Richard Benyon
- Steve Brine
- Alistair Burt
- Greg Clark
- Ken Clarke
- David Gauke
- Justine Greening
- Dominic Grieve
- Sam Gyimah
- Philip Hammond
- Stephen Hammond
- Richard Harrington
- Margot James
- Sir Oliver Letwin
- Anne Milton
- Caroline Nokes
- Antoinette Sandbach
- Sir Nicholas Soames
- Rory Stewart
- Ed Vaizey
Tory former minister Sam Gyimah said: Its never pleasant to vote against your party.
We were all individually contacted before the vote by the whips and told wed have the whip removed if we voted against the motion.
Its a sad moment. Ive enjoyed being a Conservative Member of Parliament but voting to stop a no-deal was the right thing to do.
Former chancellors Ken Clarke and Philip Hammond were among those to lose the Conservative whip as a result of their actions.
