Who are the 21 Conservatives who defeated Boris Johnson over Brexit?

September 4, 2019

A group of 21 Conservative MPs joined a cross-party group trying to delay Brexit to stop no deal next month.

They helped inflict defeat on Prime Minister Boris Johnson in his first major vote since taking over at Number 10, overriding a Commons rule that says only the government can propose new laws.

The group will use their chance on Wednesday to try to get the prime minister to ask Brussels to delay the Brexit deadline from 31 October to 31 January 2020 – a date the EU would ultimately be in charge of.

Here are the Conservative MPs who voted against orders and have been expelled from the party and banned from standing for it at the next election:

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