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| 200 against 117: Theresa May survives no confidence vote | 200 against 117: Theresa May survives no confidence vote |
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| UK Prime Minister Theresa May has survived a no confidence vote with 200 of Conservative party MPs supporting her leadership and 117 voting against her highly divisive Brexit plan. | UK Prime Minister Theresa May has survived a no confidence vote with 200 of Conservative party MPs supporting her leadership and 117 voting against her highly divisive Brexit plan. |
| May needed to secure at least 158 votes from the Conservatives to remain the leader of the party and managed to do so with a firm margin. Addressing the press outside Downing Street, May acknowledged that a “significant number” of her MPs voted against her, but welcomed the outcome. | |
| Yet the opposition remained skeptical, with Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn issuing a statement stressing that the vote "makes no difference" and that May must bring her "dismal deal" to the House of Commons next week “so parliament can take back control.” | |
| Faced with a vote of confidence triggered by 48 Conservative MPs, May made a last-minute appeal for support earlier on Wednesday. Expressing her firm commitment to Brexit, she said that she would not lead the party into the next election in 2022. | |
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