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\nLeadership challenge: British PM Theresa May’s premiership thrown into doubt as members of her own party trigger vote of no-confidence.
How we got here: 48 Conservative MPs submitted letters demanding a vote to the 1922 Committee, the group that represents all Conservative MPs in the House of Commons.
When’s the vote? Wednesday evening — with ballots counted immediately and result announced as soon as possible, according to Graham Brady, the MP who chairs the committee.
Leadership in the balance: If she survives, May would be immune from another challenge for a year, according to party rules. If she loses, she’s out.
Graham Brady, the chair of the 1922 committee \u2013 a group that represents the interests of Conservative lawmakers \u2013 told Theresa May last night that he had received enough letters from Conservative Party MPs to force her to face a leadership vote, he said on BBC Radio 4\u2019s Today Programme Wednesday morning.
He refused to say how many letters he had received.
He phoned her to deliver the news, he said. He refused to say how she had reacted, other than to say that she was eager for the process to be completed as quickly as possible. Brady specified that he wanted the announcement of the challenge made before markets opened.
She will address Conservative lawmakers at 5:00 p.m. GMT (noon ET) in a committee room at Parliament, followed by voting between 6:00 p.m and 8:00 p.m. GMT (1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.).
May needs only a simple majority of Conservative MPs to survive the vote. There are 315 Conservative MPs, so a majority is 158.
Brady refused to be drawn on what May should do if she survives the vote, but only narrowly.
If she wins, she cannot be challenged for a year, under party rules.
British Prime Minister Theresa May has confirmed she will fight on despite facing a vote of no confidence from her own Members of Parliament on Wednesday.
A defiant May took to the podium outside Downing House and said:
May added that now was not the time for a leadership battle, adding that one would „put our country\u2019s future at risk and create uncertainty when we can least afford it.“
„The new leader wouldn\u2019t have time to renegotiate a withdrawal agreement and get the legislation through parliament by the 29th of March, so one of their first acts would have to be extending or rescinding Article 50, delaying or even stopping Brexit when people want us to get on with it,“ she said.<\/p>\n