UK: Prime Minister Boris Johnson survives the no-confidence vote with 211 votes

148 voted against it.

To stay in office, Johnson needed the support of at least 50% of all Conservative Party members and another - a total of 180 out of 359 Conservative MPs.

Theoretically Johnson is safe from another vote of no confidence for a year

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06/06/2022

Monday, 06 June 2022, 23:00 Updated: 23:05

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson today (Monday) survived the no-confidence vote due to the dissatisfaction of lawmakers with his party, the Conservative Party with 211 votes in favor and 148 against.

To stay in office, Johnson needed the support of at least 50% of all Conservative Party members and another - a total of 180 out of 359 Conservative MPs.

Theoretically Johnson is safe from another vote of no confidence for a year.

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Since the outrageous report two weeks ago by Senior Representative Sue Gray about the 10 Downing Street parties held by the prime minister and his staff during the Corona closure, many conservative MPs did not think a no-confidence vote would be held against the prime minister at least until June 23. In the

last vote of no confidence in December 2018, then-Prime Minister Theresa May won by 200 votes to 117. However, the fact that more than a third of conservative MPs voted against her forced her to resign five months later.

This morning Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the Conservative Party's 1922 Committee (a group of 18 Conservative MPs from the lower house that meets weekly during a parliamentary session) announced that he had crossed a 15% threshold - or 54 votes - required to hold a vote. "Disbelief against the party leader." A

statement sent to Brady, representing MPs from the back bench said that in accordance with the laws, a vote will be held on 6-8 pm local time, today, Monday, June 6. "

A 10 Downing Street spokesman later said: "Tonight there is a chance to end months of speculation and allow the government to move on and take care of the needs of the people. The Prime Minister welcomes the opportunity to present his case to MPs ".

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