Brexit’s rocky road ahead

Sir Graham Brady
Tory backbench chief receives letters from 48 Conservative MPs calling for no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Theresa May

No-confidence vote
If 159 MPs vote against prime minister – 51% of ballot – May will be removed as leader of Conservative Party


No vote
May wins vote
May loses vote
    

Nov 25: Prime minister and EU leaders meet to ratify draft Brexit deal

Dec: UK parliament votes on draft agreement

Leadership contest: New PM likely

Votes “Yes”
Votes “No”

Dec 13-14: Brexit deal needs to be backed at European Council meeting
Government has up to 21 days to put forward new plan

Votes “Yes”
Votes “No”

Early 2019
EU Withdrawal
Agreement Bill
introduced in British parliament

2019: European Parliament votes – simple majority needed. EU Council approval by at least 20 of other 27 EU countries

Mar 29, 2019: UK leaves EU with no deal, re-negotiates deal, general election or second referendum


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