Labour frontbencher who quit over EEA vote defends decision

Laura Smith, who won her leave-voting seat by 48 votes, says constituents come firstLaura Smith, the Labour frontbencher who resigned in the biggest parliamentary revolt Jeremy Corbyn has faced since he became leader, has defended her decision to vote against remaining in the European Economic Area.Labour’s divisions on Europe broke out into the open on Wednesday night when, in an extraordinary breakdown of discipline, more than half the party’s backbenchers defied the party whip. Co