On July 10,462 MPs voted in favour of and 124 against the measure. The 91 Conservatives who opposed the bill (and the desires of the party’s leadership) promised to join with Labour in voting against a timetable for the bill, guaranteeing the motion’s failure and enabling the bil’s opponents to use filibustering tactics to block it. Rather than face a humiliating defeat, the government withdrew the timetable motion and effectively killed its own bill.