The vote will take place tonight (6-8pm local time) following the formation of a motion of censure within the party following the collection of 54 letters of distrust from Tory MPs, a number that corresponds to 15% of the members of the Conservative Party parliamentary group.
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Opportunity to put an end to speculation tonight’s vote on it motion of censure against the Prime Ministersays Downing Street
Downing Street welcomed the challenge of a vote on the future of Prime Minister Boris Johnson as “an opportunity to end months of ecotology and allow the government to draw a line and move forward with the implementation of the people’s priorities.”
The vote will take place tonight (6-8pm local time) following the formation of a motion of censure within the party following the collection of 54 letters of distrust from Tory MPs, a number that corresponds to 15% of the members of the Conservative Party parliamentary group.
The announcement was made by Sir Graham Brady, Member of Parliament, Chairman of the 1922 Commission of the competent party body, to which the deputies submitted their letters.
“The Prime Minister welcomes the opportunity to present his arguments to Members “It will remind them that when they are united and focused on the issues that matter to the voters, there is no stronger political force,” Downing Street added in a brief morning statement.
Mr. Johnson will address his MPs at a 1922 Commission meeting before the vote, and after Sir Graham’s announcement, public statements of support for the Prime Minister by his ministers and MPs have begun.
The result will be judged by a simple majority. In other words, 50% of the vote is needed, plus one of the 359 Conservative MPs, either to keep or remove Boris Johnson from the party leadership.
It is noted that about 160 members of the Tory parliamentary group hold even a low-level government post, having been appointed there by the Prime Minister.
The Conservative Party’s previous motion of censure concerned Theresa May, who won the vote in December 2018 by a margin of 83 votes. The former prime minister, however, resigned six months later from the Tory leadership under pressure from the party over Brexit.
One and a half months later, at the end of July 2019, Ms. May handed over the prime ministership to the Conservative MP, Boris Johnson, who in mid-December 2019, that is, just two and a half years ago. won the election with a wide autonomy of 40 seats.
