Brexit vote result - LIVE: Jeremy Corbyn tables vote of no confidence in Theresa May that could bring down government after historic 230-vote Commons defeat

Ken Clarke - the senior Conservative MP and former chancellor - accused arch-Brexiteers of "paranoia" over claims the Irish backstop is some sort of plot to prevent Brexit.

He added: "The Withdrawal Agreement in itself is harmless - the Irish backstop is not really the reason why a large number of members of this House are going to vote against it.

"You have got to be suffering from some sort of paranoia in my opinion to think the Irish backstop is some carefully contrived plot to keep the British locked into European relationships which they are dying to escape from.

"It's obviously as unattractive to the other EU members as it is to the UK to settle down into some semi-permanent relationship on the basis of the Irish backstop."

The Electoral Commission has released a statement regarding the official campaign for Brexit, Vote Leave. The organisation had applied for a judicial review over a review by the electoral watchdog. 

A spokesperson said: “The courts have today defended our ability to publish investigation findings. Specifically the court agreed that we could publish details of our investigation into serious breaches of electoral law committed by Vote Leave during the 2016 EU referendum. 

We very much welcome this decision and the dismissal of Vote Leave’s attempted judicial review.

"The Electoral Commission is the political finance regulator. It is vital, not only that we have the freedom to investigate breaches, but that we operate in a transparent fashion and share the findings of our investigations publicly. Such political transparency underpins public confidence in the democratic process."

Erm...this is a new one. MPs have been urged to vote against Theresa May's Brexit deal - by Boreham Wood Football Club.

In a lengthy statement posted on its website, the National League club concluded:

"It’s now time for MP’s to do their jobs and do their duty and firstly vote NO. Then they must get ready to unite the whole of the UK by working night and day on a new Brexit deal, starting Wednesday morning, or be prepared to walk away with a NO DEAL in July."

The potential impact of its stance is open to debate.

Former Brexit secretary Dominic Raab's speech in the Commons just now has not been warmly received by all of his Tory colleagues...

Irish taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he believes a no-deal Brexit is unlikely, even with MPs widely expected to reject Theresa May's proposed agreement tonight.

Speaking after his cabinet discussed Ireland's no-deal preparations, he said:

"I still believe a no-deal is unlikely but I think we have to be prepared for it or at least prepared as any country possibly can be."

Mr Varadkar insisted the current deal is the only one on offer to the UK, saying:

"The withdrawal agreement is the only agreement on the table and it's an agreement that has been supported by 28 governments including that of the UK.

"Tonight of course we'll allow the democratic process to take its course in Westminster. They'll vote on the withdrawal agreement and four amendments and we'll review the position tomorrow in consultation with our EU colleagues."

Michael Gove's claim this morning that "winter is coming" if Theresa May's deal is voted down prompted some debate in Westminster about which politicians would be which Games of Thrones characters. Tweet me if you have any good ones. 

Speaking in the Commons chamber, Tory rebel ringleader Dominic Grieve dismisses calls for a Norway-style deal.

He says this proposal is "an example of the elites picking up the carpet and brushing the broken glass under it to try to avoid the difficulties that have been created".

He says he is "respectful" of Theresa May's deal and might be willing to support it if it had the support of the public, but that ministers have ruled out a second referendum.

He "will not budge" and will vote against the deal, he says.

Senior Tory Brexiteer Bill Cash has called on Theresa May to resign.

Speaking during the debate on the Brexit deal, he told the Commons:

"In May 1940, the then prime minister [Neville Chamberlain] actually won the vote on the Norway debate but on reflection concluded that he had to resign because he had lost the confidence of Parliament as a whole.

"I believe there are lessons in this for the prime ministe: to consider her position and to do so with dignity and without rancour."

Pro-Brexit protesters have set fire to an EU flag outside Parliament

Video: Theresa May arrives at parliament ahead of tonight's key vote