Brexit timeline
November 25, 2010: January 23, 2013: David Cameron says he wants an in-out referendum – but he hopes to negotiate a new settlement between Britain and the EU.
May 22, 2014:
Ukip comes first in the European elections
April 14, 2015:
The Tories promise a referendum in their manifesto
February 19, 2016: June 23, 2016: June 24, 2016: Cameron resigns
July 13, 2016: Theresa May takes the helm
January 23, 2017: Theresa May sets out her “red lines” and confirms Parliament will have a vote on the final deal
March 29, 2017: Article 50 is triggered
April 18, 2017: Theresa May calls a snap election
June 8, 2017:
The Conservatives lose their majority and strike a deal with the DUP to cling to power
December 13, 2017: Commons votes 309-305 for Parliament to have a guaranteed vote on the Brexit deal
July 6, 2018:
The Chequers plan is agreed, stating Britain and the EU will maintain a “common rulebook for all goods”
July 8, 2018:
David Davis quits as Brexit Secretary
July 9, 2018:
Boris Johnson resigns as Foreign Secretary
November 14, 2018: The UK and EU reach a Withdrawal Agreement – with the controversial Irish “backstop”
November 15, 2018: Dominic Raab resigns as Brexit Secretary
December 12, 2018: Theresa May survives a vote of confidence January 15:
The Meaningful Vote is lost for the first time
January 16:
The Government survives a vote of confidence
March 12:
The Meaningful Vote is lost for the second time
March 20:
The PM asks for an extension
March 27:
Mrs May signals she will step down
March 29:
The Meaningful Vote is lost for the third time
April 10:
Brexit Day is pushed back to October 31
May 24:
Theresa May confirms she will go on June 7
July 23:
Boris becomes Prime Minister
September 4:
MPS pass the so-called Benn Act which means that if MPS haven’t approved a Brexit deal in a meaningful vote – or approved leaving without a deal – by October 19 the PM must request an extension to Article 50 until January 31, 2020.
September 9: Parliament is prorogued. On September 11 the Court of Session in Scotland rules the suspension was illegal, and on September 24 the UK Supreme Court unanimously declares it was unlawful. MPS return the following day.
October 17:
A “great deal” is agreed. Boris Johnson declares that the UK and the EU have reached a deal. He says this “takes back control”.
October 19:
In first Saturday sitting since the Falklands crisis, MPS vote for
Sir Oliver Letwin’s amendment which leads to the planned Meaningful Vote on Boris Johnson’s Brexit being delayed. The Prime Minister however tells the Commons he will not negotiate with the EU for an extension to the Brexit process. More votes will take place all next weekand