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Theresa May faces a vote of no confidence from Tory MPs

By Mutala Yakubu
Theresa May faces a vote of no confidence from Tory MPs
Theresa May faces a vote of no confidence from Tory MPs
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Conservative MPs are voting on whether Theresa May should stay as their leader with a result expected after 20:00 GMT.



The UK prime minister made a last-minute appeal for support at an emotional meeting of backbench MPs.

She told them she will not lead the party into the next scheduled election in 2022 - but wants to stay on to deliver her Brexit deal, MPs said.

She faces a vote of confidence in her leadership after 48 Conservative MPs called for one to be held.

The majority of Conservative MPs have publicly said they will support the PM but it is a secret ballot and there were signs of nerves among party managers ahead of the vote in Committee Room 14 at the Palace of Westminster.

A result is expected fairly quickly after the voting finishes at 20:00 GMT.
The prime minister was greeted with applause, and the traditional banging of desks, as she went in to the committee room to address her MPs. Some of them were reported to be in tears.

The prime minister told MPs "it's not my intention to lead the party into the 2022 election", a source has told the BBC.

One MP said she had also said: "I am not going to call a snap general election."

But Jacob Rees-Mogg, a key figure in the campaign to oust Mrs May, said she had received a "half-hearted" reception from MPs.

She had said it was not her "intention" to fight the next election, added Mr Rees-Mogg, which he said was a "politician's word".

Source: bbc