Heathrow airport: MPs vote in favour of expansion
25 июня
21:34
2018
MPs have backed controversial plans to build a third runway at London's Heathrow airport.
The government won a key vote in the Commons by 415 votes to 119 - a majority of 296.
Tory MPs were under orders to support the government - but Boris Johnson, a leading opponent of expansion, missed the vote because he was in Afghanistan.
Labour's official position was to oppose expansion, but its MPs were given a free vote. The SNP abstained.
