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MPs overwhelmingly back sweeping new coronavirus lockdown laws Andrew Woodcock and Kate Devlin © Provided by The Independent
Boris Johnson has secured legislation allowing him to maintain sweeping new lockdown measures for as long as 12 weeks into the spring, resisting pressure from his own MPs to set an end date for the restrictions.
While the prime minister won an overwhelming 524-16 majority in a vote in the Commons on Wednesday evening, a series of Tory lockdown sceptics bridled at provisions allowing ministers to keep the full England-wide controls in place to the end of March.
Labour backed the prime minister, and the 14-strong Tory rebellion was sharply down from the 55 who opposed November’s second lockdown, in a clear sign of acceptance of the need for action on a day when Covid
Hertfordshire MPs vote against Lockdown 3 in House of Commons vote
The vote passed by more than 500 in the end
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Stephen McPartland (Stevenage) and Charles Walker (Broxbourne) voted against the lockdown (Image: PA/Stephen McPartland)
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