Britain’s Theresa May wins confidence vote in leadership

TIL Desk/World/London/ British Prime Minister Theresa May has survived a political crisis over her Brexit deal,winning a crucial vote of confidence in her leadership of the Conservative Party. May is now immune from a leadership challenge for at least a year. She secured 63 per cent votes with 200 in favour of her and 117 against, out of a total of 317 of her Conservative Party MPs.

The vote had been triggered earlier in the day after the required 48 MPs from her Tory party filed letters of no-confidence with the influential 1922 Committee. “Whilst I am grateful for the support, a significant number of my colleagues did cast a vote against me and I have listened to what they have said,” May said in a statement outside Downing Street soon after the results were declared.

“Following this ballot, we now need to get on with the job of delivering the Brexit for the British people and building a better future for this country. A Brexit that delivers on the vote of the people,” she said, adding that she intended to carry on negotiating with the European Union over controversial aspects of her Brexit deal when she heads to Brussels for a pre-scheduled European Council meeting on Thursday.