British PM Boris Johnson wins confidence vote initiated by fellow Conservative Party lawmakers over partygate scandal

British PM Boris Johnson wins confidence vote initiated by fellow Conservative Party lawmakers over partygate scandal

• British Prime Minister Boris Johnson survived a confidence vote yesterday but a large rebellion in his Conservative Party over the so-called "partygate" scandal dealt a blow to his authority and leaves him with a struggle to win back support. In all, 211 Tory MPs voted they had confidence in the Prime Minister Johnson's leadership while 148 voted against him. The British Prime Minister won 59 percent of the vote, meaning he is now immune from a Conservative leadership challenge for a year.
• The vote share in support of Prime Minister Johnson was lower than the 63 percent received by former Prime Minister Theresa May when she won a party confidence vote in 2018, before resigning six months later over a Brexit deadlock.

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Published date : 07 Jun 2022 06:40PM