Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, will face a vote of confidence on his leadership of the Conservative Party today, the chair of the party’s backbench committee announced.
Sir Graham Brady, who is in charge of collating the letters of no-confidence received by the 1922 Committee, said the threshold of 15% of the Tory parliamentary party, or 54 MPs, seeking such a vote has been met and it will take place on Monday evening in the House of Commons.
“The threshold of 15% of the parliamentary party seeking a vote of confidence in the leader of the Conservative Party has been exceeded,” Brady said in a statement.
“In accordance with the rules, a ballot will be held today, Monday June 6, details to be confirmed. The votes will be counted immediately afterwards. An announcement will be made at a time to be advised. Arrangements for the announcement will be released later today,” he said.
How will the Boris Johnson confidence vote work?
A ballot box will be placed in a room accessible to all Tory MPs who will then vote between 6pm and 8pm this evening.
At 8pm voting will stop and the votes will be counted and Sir Graham Brady will gather MPs and journalists together to announce the result of the vote.
If the result favours Johnson, he will not be able to have another vote held against him for a year, in line with current 1922 Committee rules.
