UK PM Johnson wins confidence motion with 211 votes over party gate scandals

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London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has won a no-confidence motion by getting 211 votes of his party MPs in his favour. To win the no-confidence motion which was moved against him in the Parliament, Boris Johnson will need 180 votes in his favour from his party Conservative MPs.

Total MPs in the Britain parliament are 650 MPs; the Conservative law makers in the parliament are 359. Out of 359 MPs Boris Johnson got 211 votes in his favour in no-confidence motion instead of minimum voting 180. A No-confidence motion result was announced by Graham Brandy, Chairman of the Conservative Party’s parliamentary group, the 1922 Committee. I can announce that the parliamentary party does have confidence in the Prime Minister, Brady said.

The confidence vote on Johnson’s leadership was triggered after the MPs who submitted letters of no-confidence in him to Brady reached 54, or 15 percent of Conservative lawmakers.

With Monday’s win, Johnson won’t face another no-confidence motion for a year under the current Conservative Party rules.

Boris Johnson has been dogged for months by party gate scandals involving him and his staff at Downing Street during Covid-19 lockdowns in 2020 and 2021. He received a fine by the British police in April for attending one of the alcohol-fueled parties, making him the first sitting prime minister in British history to be penalized for breaking the law.

I think it’s an extremely good, positive, conclusive, decisive result which enables us to move on, to unite and to focus on delivery and that is exactly what we are going to do, said Johnson shortly after the result was out. What this means tonight is that we can focus on what we’re doing to help people on the cost of living, with what we are doing to keep streets and communities safer, he said. It gives us the chance to unite, strengthen and level up our economy. What we are going to do now is to take the opportunity to unite and deliver, he added.

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