British Prime Minister Theresa May has on Wednesday, won a confidence vote backed by her own member of parliament but also lost one third support of her own colleagues, signaling that she still going to face battle regarding her Brexit deal throughout the parliament.
May won a confidence vote by 200 conservative lawmakers and lost 117 votes. According to news reports, after the results were out, May said, “I’m pleased to have received the backing of my colleagues in tonight’s ballot.”
May said, “A significant number of colleagues did cast votes against me and I’ve listened to what they’ve said.” But the Brexit rebel Jacob Rees-Mogg, one of 48 Tory member of parliament who has triggered May by writing a letter over no confidence in British prime minister, said that the result was a “terrible result”.
According to news reports, Jacob said, “She ought to go and see the queen and resign urgently.” In a tweet, Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage wrote, May “limps on to her next failure, the deal won’t pass and the real crisis is close”.
In an exclusive interview, chairman of Maidenhead Conservative Association Richard Kellaway said: “The general opinion locally is that it was unnecessary to put her through this just at the time of Brexit. I think she has come out pretty well, this is a decent result for Theresa and this should give her quite a lot of strength to get on with the job of Brexit.”
Kellaway said: “Most of the European leaders don’t have anything like the mandate she has just got. This should give her the strength to crack a deal with them. The last no confidence vote in the House of Commons was against Jeremy Corbyn who had 80 per cent against him. He is still there because the constitution of their party is different.”
After the results were out, British Prime Minister Theresa May said, ““This has been a long and challenging day, but at the end of it I’m pleased to have received the backing of my colleagues in tonight’s ballot. Whilst I’m grateful for their support, a significant number of colleagues did cast a vote against me and I’ve listened to what they said. Following this ballot we now need to get on with the job of delivering Brexit for the British people and delivering a better future for this country.”
May pledged to stand down the next general election scheduled in 2022, as conservative leader and also warned that removing her would result in no Brexit or delay in Brexit, and said she would definitely fight for her position “with everything I’ve got”.