Parliament Votes Down Brexit Alternatives, Worsening Deadlock

LONDON — Britain’s Parliament on Monday failed to reach a majority on any one of four new proposals for the country’s exit from the European Union, worsening the disarray over Brexit less than two weeks before the deadline to depart.

The votes on Monday were part of a remarkable power grab by lawmakers, frustrated by the failure of Prime Minister Theresa May to forge consensus around Brexit, as the process of extricating Britain from the European Union is known, and alarmed that the country could face a disorderly and economically damaging departure without any kind of deal by the deadline of April 12.

In the votes, which were nonbinding, lawmakers considered four plans. The failure to agree on any of them means that Britain is facing the deadline with nothing resolved and all the options remaining on the table.

Something will have to give soon, however. By April 10, Mrs. May needs to get a Brexit agreement through Parliament or tell European leaders whether she wants a longer Brexit delay.

The plan that lost most narrowly in Parliament on Monday was for a customs union that would keep Britain in the same tariff system as the rest of the European Union countries, garnering 273 votes and losing by just three.

Mrs. May will hold a cabinet meeting on Tuesday to discuss the next steps. She is likely to seek another vote to pass her deal later this week — possibly on Wednesday — if the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, permits it.

Parliament has already rejected her plan three times, and Mr. Bercow has already warned Mrs. May against bringing back a proposition that has been rejected.

Under the prime minister’s plan, Britain would remain part of the European Union customs and trading system until at least the end of 2020, but eventually would leave the customs union and single market and assert control over immigration from continental Europe.