PRIME minister Boris Johnson suffered a heavy defeat in the House of Commons on Tuesday night, allowing MPs to take control of the agenda and debate a delay to Brexit.

MPs voted 328 to 301 in favour of debating a bill to prevent the UK leaving the European Union without a deal on the present October 31 deadline.

­Among those to support that motion, tabled by Conservative MP Sir Oliver Letwin, were 21 Tory rebels – defying Mr Johnson's government.

Two Labour MPs voted against the motion.

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Of Gwent's seven MPs, only Conservative MP for Monmouth David Davies voted against the motion, in line with the government.

The other Gwent MPs – all from the Labour Party – voted in favour of the motion to prevent a no-deal Brexit.

On Tuesday evening, Newport East's MP Jessica Morden tweeted a photograph of Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg with the caption: "The Tories just don’t care about the damage a No Deal Brexit will do".

In today's parliamentary business, MPs will debate a bill on delaying Brexit if no withdrawal agreement can be reached by October 31.