MPs have just voted 354 to 7 in favour of the Privileges Committee report’s finding that Boris Johnson deliberately misled parliament over partygate, and that he should be banned from having a former members’ pass.

At some points in this evening’s lengthy debate, it appeared that there wasn’t going to be a vote, and even when there was one, there were significant absences as the Commons is on a one-line whip. But in the end, a division was forced in order to flush out how many supporters Johnson still had who thought it was worth going over the top.

Johnson, meanwhile, is speaking at a dinner on democracy

Most of those who spoke in the chamber were supportive of the Privileges Committee – but not all. Jacob Rees-Mogg was, unsurprisingly, the most critical, particularly of committee chair Harriet Harman. Johnson’s ex-parliamentary aide Lia Nici railed against the report’s findings, saying there was no evidence that he had deliberately misled colleagues. Bill Cash was furious, warning that the committee had lowered the bar for reprimanding ministers and that if Labour ever got into power, it might regret what had happened in this case. Penny Mordaunt closed the debate, saying that while it wasn’t conventional for her to do so, there were a couple of points she wanted to make. They were quite striking ones, given the context. Mordaunt emphasised the point she had made in her opening speech that it was for each member to make up their mind whether to support the report. She also acknowledged very pointedly that a number of Tory MPs had paid tribute to Johnson and that this was a ‘sad day’ for many of those voting. Johnson, meanwhile, is speaking at a dinner on democracy.