THREE of West and North Wiltshire’s four local MPs voted for Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal in the House of Commons last night.

They were Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire), Michelle Donelan (Chippenham) and Claire Perry (Devizes).

The only one to vote against it was James Gray (North Wiltshire).

Before the Referendum, Dr Murrison and Mr Gray both wanted to leave the EU. The other two MPs wanted the UK to stay in the EU.

Theresa May’s Brexit deal suffered a resounding defeat in the House of Commons by 432 votes to 202, a majority of 230.

The vote marks the largest defeat of a government motion in 100 years and was much worse than was predicted by Westminster political analysts.

After the vote, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn told the House of Commons that Mrs May’s catastrophic defeat represented an “absolutely decisive” verdict on her Brexit negotiations.

He immediately announced that he had tabled a motion of no confidence in the Government, which will go to a Commons vote today.

The House of Commons will vote on the motion later today and it could force an early general election if it wins the support of more than 50 per cent of MPs.

A total of 118 Conservative MPs voted against their leader. Only three Labour MPs supported the prime minister's deal: Ian Austin (Dudley North), Sir Kevin Barron (Rother Valley) and John Mann (Bassetlaw).

The European Commission has said the risk of a disorderly UK exit from the EU has increased as a result of Theresa May’s defeat, warning: “Time is almost up.”

President Jean-Claude Juncker, who cancelled plans to be in Brussels to deal with the aftermath of the vote, voiced regret at the result.

He urged the UK Government to make its intentions clear “as soon as possible” and said the Commission would continue its preparations for a possible no-deal Brexit.

The Prime Minister now has three days in which to come back to the House of Commons with a ‘Plan B’ and tell MPs how she intends to proceed.

The UK is due to leave the EU at 11pm on March 29.

Earlier, there was a carnival atmosphere on the Westminster Abbey Green outside Parliament, with thousands of people congregating to wait for the vote and the result.

They included Bradford on Avon’s mayor, Cllr Alex Kay, who said she had travelled to London “as an individual” to enjoy the occasion.

She said: “It’s very loud and very noisy. It’s like a carnival and it’s brilliant. There are a lot of people here.”

The crowd included people from all sides of the debate, including Remainers and Leavers, and even a spoof of Jacob Rees-Mogg, the MP for North East Somerset.