UK’s Boris Johnson
Survives Vote of Confidence, Initiated by His Party.
The dramatic events that played out on June 6 in England's Houses of Parliament... .
... mean that Johnson may remain in his position as prime minister for at least a year.
I will lead you to victory again and the winners will be the people of this country, Boris Johnson, Statement to Conservative Lawmakers, via CNN.
The vote was in Johnson's favor 211 to 148.
180 votes against Johnson were necessary to remove him from his position as prime minister.
Members of Johnson's party, the
Conservative Party, initiated the votes... .
... after a series of scandalous revelations about parties held at Downing Street during the British COVID lockdowns.
Following the vote, some of Johnson's fellow party members urged the party to move on.
There’s no other candidate that is going to get anything like that level of support, James Cleverly, Foreign Office Minister,
via 'The New York Times'.
He’s won it comfortably, and now we need to get on with the job, James Cleverly, Foreign Office Minister,
via 'The New York Times'.
However, other Conservative lawmakers saw the day as "severely damaging" for both Johnson and his party.
I think the prime minister has to go back to Downing Street tonight and consider very carefully where he goes from here, Roger Gale, Conservative Lawmaker,
via 'The New York Times'.
We are not offering the integrity, competence and vision necessary to unleash the enormous potential of our country, Jeremy Hunt, Conservative Candidate, via CNN.
Johnson won a landslide victory in 2019 on the platform "get Brexit done.".
According to 'The New York Times,' Conservative prime ministers who have faced a vote of confidence procedure rarely remained in office for long