Theresa May wins confidence vote after 200 MPs back her leadership

[brooklynite]

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Source: The Guardian

Theresa May has won a confidence vote in her leadership of the Tory party by 200 to 117.

A majority of Conservative MPs backed her in a secret ballot after the prime minister signalled she would step down before the 2022 election.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2018/dec/12/tory-mps-trigger-vote-of-no-confidence-in-may-amid-brexit-uncertainty-politics-live

[Algernon Moncrieff]

1. Rees-Mogg said to the BBC that May should go to the Queen & resign

No Brexit deal seems workable with 117 Tories voting no-confidence.

[Scoopster]

3. I was just thinking that, buuut..

the vote was secret ballot so we're not really sure who voted which way.

[Algernon Moncrieff]

4. Yes, but...

1) 117 was about 50 votes more votes against May than were predicted (the expectation was around 70).
2) It is a secret ballot, but the presumption is that if you are on the ministerial payroll (as a minister, trade rep, etc.) and you lack confidence, then you resign prior to voting "no confidence." So 117 represents over half of the back benchers not on the ministers payroll. It's a presumption, but a reasonable presumption.
3) If nothing remains changed, she does not have the votes to get a Brexit deal through Parliament. Labour (Corbyn) won't bail her out. Essentially, she can't govern.

[Denzil_DC]

2. Dupe of post here:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142221638

[Omaha Steve]

5. Locking...duplicate

See earlier post here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142221638