June 2016
UK Referendum on EU membership resulting in 51.9% vote to leave. Prime Minister David Cameron resigns
July 2016
Theresa May becomes the UK’s new Prime Minister
March 2017
UK triggers Article 50 starting the two-year period to leave the EU
April 2017
EU-27 summit adopts negotiating guidelines for future relations with the UK
April 2017
Prime Minister Theresa May calls UK snap election
June 2017
UK General Election results in hung parliament. Conservative Party reach a confidence and supply agreement with the DUP
June 2017
UK-EU negotiations begin
October 2017
Conservative Party Conference
December 2017
First part of negotiations concluded as principles of divorce agreed
February 2018
EU publishes draft Brexit treaty
March 2018
Theresa May sets out the UK's vision of Brexit in London speech
March 2018
Transition deal agreed
July 2018
UK government White Paper published outlining future relationship with the EU based on Chequers plan
September 2018
EU leader's summit
September 2018
Labour Party Conference
September-October 2018
Conservative Party Conference
18-19 October 2018
EU summit was earmarked to signal end of negotiations, to allow time to ratify the Withdrawal Treaty. Negotiations were not finalised.
29 October 2018
Last UK government budget before Brexit
November 2018
Provisional Brexit Withdrawal Agreement between UK and EU agreed
25 November 2018
Extraordinary EU summit to finalise the agreement
December 2018
Theresa May cancels the meaningful vote on her deal due in the House of Commons
December 2018
UK government found in contempt of Parliament for failure to publish full legal advice on Brexit
December 2018
Vote of No Confidence triggered by the Conservative Party against Theresa May, which she survived
13-14 December 2018
Last EU summit of the year
January 2019
UK House of Commons to have meaningful vote on deal
21 January 2019
If No Deal has been reached, a statement must be made in the UK parliament, with the government to present next steps
Jan-Feb 2019
If a deal goes ahead, EU (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill passes into UK legislation
By March 2019
EU parliament approval of deal
29 March 2019
The UK deadline (23:00 GMT) to leave the EU two years after triggering Article 50. Transition period begins
30 March 2019
Trade talks can officially start between the UK and the EU now that the UK is a third country
31 December 2020
Transition period ends, unless extended
1 January 2021
The UK’s new trade deals come into effect, if finalised
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