Dhaka, Jan. 15 -- British Labour MP Tulip Siddiq, a niece of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has delayed giving birth in order to vote on the Brexit deal.

Tulip Siddiq, 36, has been advised by doctors to have a caesarean section, but agreed to push the procedure back to Thursday so she can vote on Tuesday.

The Hampstead and Kilburn MP plans to go through the lobby in a wheelchair, reports BBC.

Fellow Labour MP Harriet Harman said Tulip Siddiq "should not have to choose" between her caesarean and her vote.

Speaker of the Commons John Bercow said that a proxy vote for Tulip would be his "preference", but it was not in his power to grant it. However, he was happy for her to be "nodded through".

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