Graham Brady, the chair of the Tory backbench 1922 committee, has announced that Boris Johnson will face a confidence vote at 6 p.m. this evening. He told the Prime Minister yesterday that the required 54 letters had been received and that would face a vote imminently.
Voting for Conservative MPs finishes at 8 p.m. and we can expect the result to be announced later this evening. Johnson will need the backing of 180 MPs to remain leader of the Conservative party. A statement from Number 10 said:
‘The PM welcomes the opportunity to make his case to MPs and will remind them that when they are united and focussed on the issues that matter to voters there is no more formidable political force.’
MPs who have publicly backed the PM:
1. Brendan Clarke-Smith, Bassetlaw: ‘I will continue to back our Prime Minister Boris Johnson.’
2. Michael Fabricant, Lichfield: ‘If you had any doubt, I will be supporting him.
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