Pregnant Labour MP Tulip Siddiq was wheeled into the Commons to vote in last night's crunch showdown after being accused of delaying her caesarean to 'make a point' on Brexit.
Ms Siddiq, 36, revealed on Monday that she has decided to go against doctors orders and delay the delivery of her unborn son so she can vote against the PM's Brexit deal.
And she was seen being pushed through the division lobbies in a wheelchair to take part in the historic vote.
The MP, who has a two-year-old daughter Azalea, decided to travel to Parliament after losing faith in the system which allows pregnant women to be 'paired' with an MP from an opposing side so neither votes.
But appearing on TV yesterday, Tory MP Kemi Badenoch said she thinks MS Siddiq made the decision to prove a point to her pro-Remain constituency 'irrespective of pairing'.
Her comments were lashed by Labour MPs who accused Ms Badenoch of making a 'scurrilous slur' and 'appalling smear'.
Tulip Siddiq, pictured in the wheelchair, delayed the cesarean birth of her son to attend last night's historic Brexit vote
Pregnant Labour MP Tulip Siddiq (circled) was wheeled into the Commons to vote in last night's crunch showdown after being accused of delaying her caesarean to 'make a point' on Brexit
Tory politician Kemi Badenoch (pictured on the BBC's Politics Live show yesterday) accused pregnant Labour MP Tulip Siddiq of delaying the caesarean birth of her child to 'make a point' about Brexit
Ms Badenoch was asked on the BBC's Politics Live show about Ms Siddiq's decision and whether it shows that Parliament should introduce proxy voting.
She said: ‘I have heard her speak on this issue privately before, and I think irrespective of pairing I think she wants to make a point that she is doing this for her constituents.
‘She represents a very strong Remain constituency and she wants to show that she did everything she could to stop Brexit. I think that is what this is about.'
Parliament has operated a pairing system for many years which allow those who are ill, pregnant, or cannot vote for another good reason.
These MPs are 'paired' with a politician from the opposing side, so that neither of them take part in the vote - therefore cancelling each other out.
But faith in the system was dealt a major blow last summer when the Tories broke it.
Lib Dem Jo Swinson had been paired with Tory chairman Brandon Lewis so she did not have to leave her newborn baby at home to take part in the vote.
But Mr Lewis took part in the knife-edge vote on the customs union last night.
Number Ten insisted it had been a genuine mistake and that Theresa May apologised for it.
But it sparked a major row and renewed calls for proxy voting to be introduced which would allow MPs to elect another person to vote on their behalf.
And she said that if the predictions that Mrs May's Brexit deal will be defeated by a
