Johnson’s Brexit bill clears Commons as Theresa May stays away

Theresa May did not vote for the UK Internal Market Bill (House of Commons/PA)

Boris Johnson’s controversial Brexit bill has cleared its final House of Commons hurdle – even though a number of senior Tories failed to vote for it.

Former British prime minister Theresa May and two ex-attorney generals, Geoffrey Cox and Jeremy Wright, were among 21 Conservatives who did not vote for the UK Internal Market Bill at third reading on Tuesday evening.