Prime Minister Theresa May, survives the challenge to her leadership, winning the confidence vote by 200 to 117.
Prime Minister Theresa May has won the vote challenging her leadership of the Conservative Party, securing 63% of the votes. This result last night makes her immune to any further challenges to for another year.
Speaking at Downing Street, Theresa May kept her focus on the Brexit negotiations, saying: “We now need to get on with the job of delivering Brexit”. Landing today in Brussels, Mrs May will face EU summit in further negotiations of Brexit withdrawal agreement.
Despite Mrs May’s victory, political analyst Laura Kuenssberg, called the vote a “blow to her leadership”, highlighting people’s uncertainty in her authority.
Of course her colleagues in govt relieved that she can try to carry on but it’s a survival not success tonight – another big knock to the PM’s credibility, and no solution at all to the gridlock in Parliament – she’s survived, her brexit compromise can’t in its current form
— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) December 12, 2018
MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, who led the demands for the no-confidence vote, highlighted that losing support of a third of the MP’s was a “terrible result for the Prime Minister”.
Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn however stated that the results had “changed nothing”.
“Theresa May has lost her majority in Parliament, her government is in chaos and she’s unable to deliver a Brexit deal that works for the country.”
Professor of Political Science at University College London, Kristin Bakke, commented that; “British Government is divided like never before, exposing it’s weaknesses in the face of political arena”, adding that such uncertainty in authority will only lead European leaders be more “reluctant to achieve positive solutions in negotiations of Brexit”.
With the vote cast and MP’s still struggling to find the common ground, Theresa May has yet to present her Brexit deal to the House of Common, when the final decision will be made.