Mrs May won the support of 200 MPs, with 117 voting no confidence, according to the results of the secret ballot announced at 9pm by…
Mrs May won the support of 200 MPs, with 117 voting no confidence, according to the results of the secret ballot announced at 9pm by chairman of the 1922 Committee Sir Graham Brady from committee room 14 of the Houses of Parliament.
The prime minister needed to gain the support of more than half of Tory MPs in the House of Commons — 159 out of 317.
Westminster watchers were quick to point out that by winning 200 votes, Theresa May got one more MP backing her than when she was selected as a candidate to lead the party in 2016.
Now that Mrs May has won her vote of confidence, she is protected from further leadership challenges for the next 12 months.
Had Mrs May lost, she would have remained prime minister until the party found a new leader, a task in the hands of Sir Graham.
