ISLE of Wight MP Bob Seely voted 'no' in a controversial vote to stop a No Deal Brexit in the House of Commons last night (Tuesday).

Last night's motion — to take control of the Commons agenda today (Wednesday) and bring forward a bill seeking to delay Brexit — was passed by 328 votes to 301.

Twenty-one Tory MPs, including a number of ex-cabinet ministers, joined opposition parties to vote against Prime Minister Boris Johnson and defeat the government.

Mr Seely was not one of them.

He said in the Commons last night: "The crux of the debate is whether we seek to bind and obstruct our government in a critical period, as they seek options between the current withdrawal deal, which has been rejected three times by lots of people in this house, and no deal, which is actually a series of mini deals.

"The honourable member for Vauxhall (Kate Hoey) said many people on the opposition benches were using this No Deal Brexit motion simply as another means to stop Brexit.

"That is how I feel, because all we talk about is Brexit.

"I want us to get on and talk about other things that are important to us.

"I want a deal, but I accept the most important thing is to deliver, in order to have trust in politics.

"We need to bring this to an end so that we can deliver on our manifesto commitments in other areas to the British people."