British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks during an anti-Trident protest at Trafalgar Square in London, Britain on February 27, 2016.
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Although preparatory work on renewal is already under way, Monday’s vote gave the final green light to a new fleet of submarines which are due to come into service by the early 2030s.
“The only realistic option for an effective nuclear deterrent in the United Kingdom is to renew trident”.
The head of the GMB trade union, Tim Roache, also insisted Mr Corbyn should abide by existing Labour Party policy to back Trident renewal.
Islwyn MP Chris Evans was not able to attend the vote.
For beleagured Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, nuclear disarmament has been a life-long cause.
Labour MPs were given a free vote in the debate because the party was still in the process of revising its policy, and 140 of its 230 MPs voting for renewal, with 47 against.
“It would be an act of gross irresponsibility to lose the ability to meet such threats by discarding the ultimate insurance against those risks in the future”.
Corbyn has made it clear that he would not be prepared to push the nuclear button if he was prime minister and questioned wielding “the threat of mass murder” as an effective method of conducting global relations.
The Defence Ministry has not published its own cost estimate for the lifetime of the four submarines, but has said it will take up about 6 percent of the annual defense budget.
Also, when asked by SNP MP George Kereven if she “is prepared to authorise a strike that could kill 100,000 innocent men, women and children”, the Prime Minister replied “yes”.
“The nuclear threat has not gone away; if anything, it has increased”, May said, referencing a newly assertive Russian Federation and a desire from countries including North Korea to acquire nuclear weapons in defiance of the global community.
Danny Kinahan, Ulster Unionist MP for South Antrim, added: “I’m sure we will be more than happy to house the Trident programme and all of the thousands of jobs that go with it in our Province”.
Mr Corbyn reiterated his opposition to the potential use of the weapons – one of the key elements of the doctrine of nuclear deterrence.
Each submarine is armed with up to eight missiles and forty warheads.
The motion supports the Government’s plans to replace four ageing Vanguard class submarines that carry the Trident missiles with four Successor vessels.
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The total estimated cost of renewing Trident is 167 billion pounds ($244 billion) over the 32-year lifespan of the system, between 2028 and 2060, according to the International Monetary Fund.
