A British MP postponed giving birth in order to vote on Britain's divorce deal with the EU.
MP for Hampstead and Kilburn Tulip Siddiq, 36, was due to have a Caesarian section on the big day, but doctors agreed to delay the operation until Thursday so that she can vote on the withdrawal agreement struck between London and Brussels.
The Labour MP had to be pushed through the voting lobby and into the chamber parliament in a wheelchair.
"If my son enters the world even one day later than the doctors advised, but it's a world with a better chance of a strong relationship between Britain and Europe, then that's worth fighting for," she told the London Evening Standard newspaper on Monday.
Tulip Siddiq was due to have a caesarean section, but delayed the procedure to ensure she could cast her vote. Source: Press Association
A source in Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative party said it had offered to "pair" Ms Siddiq, meaning a rival MP agreed not to vote to ensure her absence did not affect the outcome.
But Ms Siddiq said she did not trust this informal system after the Conservatives broke a pair for a new mother MP last year.
Labour colleagues asked John Bercow, the speaker of the lower House of Commons, if Siddiq could have a proxy vote, but he said this was not in his power as such a voting system has not been implemented.
Labour MP Tulip Siddiq is wheeled through the chamber while MPs vote on the Prime Minister's Brexit deal in the House of Commons. Source: Press Association
The MP in her wheelchair as part of the division on Brexit. Source: Press Association
Mr Bercow said he would like the procedure known as "nodding through" - where an MP who is on the parliamentary estate but physically unable to cast their ballot has their vote counted - extended to Ms Siddiq's hospital bed in north London.
The new baby boy will be a great-grandson of the founding father of Bangladesh.
British Prime Minister Theresa May has been handed a crushing defeat in a historic vote on the Brexit deal. Source: Press Association
Ms Siddiq is the grand-daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first president of Bangladesh.
Her aunt is Sheikh Hasina, who was sworn in as Bangladesh's prime minister for a record fourth term last week after a crushing election victory marred by deadly violence and claims of widespread rigging.
