The division lists are out after the Government’s crushing defeat by 41 votes on Grieve’s latest Brexit-blocking amendment. 17 Tory MPs voted directly against the Bill, including DCMS Minister Margo James who resigned to do so:

• Guto Bebb
• Steve Brine
• Alistair Burt
• Jonathan Djanogly
• Justine Greening
• Dominic Grieve
• Sam Gyimah
• Richard Harrington
• Margot James (resigned)
• Phillip Lee
• Jeremy Lefroy
• Oliver Letwin
• Paul Masterton
• Sarah Newton
• Antoinette Sandbach
• Keith Simpson
• Ed Vaizey

A further 24 Tory MPs also appear to have broken the three-line whip by abstaining without a clear reason, including Philip Hammond, David Gauke, Greg Clark and Rory Stewart. Karen Bradley – the minister responsible for the Bill – also abstained but she was paired. Philip Hammond reportedly came to Parliament just so he could abstain “in person”…

Guido is aware of 6 other Tory MPs who were absent for clear reasons, although it’s worth remembering that there may be more, whether through pairing/illness etc. Government MPs in bold:

• Richard Benyon
• Peter Bottomley
• Graham Brady
• Greg Clark
• Ken Clarke
• Alan Duncan
• Vicky Ford
• David Gauke
• Cheryl Gillan
• Damian Green
• Philip Hammond
• Stephen Hammond
• Simon Hoare
• Jeremy Hunt (by mistake)
• Gillian Keegan
• Huw Merriman
• Anne Milton
• Bob Neill
• Matthew Offord
• Nicholas Soames
• Caroline Spelman
• Rory Stewart
• Julian Sturdy
• Tom Tugendhat

Word is already doing the rounds that May’s whipping may not have been as robust it should have been to avoid giving her successor a poisoned chalice…

UPDATE: From Caroline Johnson “Your reporting of “rebels” is inaccurate. I did not rebel by abstaining. I was paired. As was Pauline Latham. Victoria Prentis was not “rebelling” either her mother died last night”. We have amended the headline and corrected the list accordingly. Apologies and condolences.