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Your support makes all the difference.Theresa May has won a vote of no confidence as the prime minister dashed the hopes of Brexiteer MPs to topple her.
Ms May was backed by 200 Tory MPs compared to 117 rebels who hoped to oust her, following the most dramatic 24 hours yet of the Brexit saga.
A secret ballot started at 6pm after the prime minister addressed the 1922 Committee of Conservative backbenchers, telling them she will not lead the party into the 2022 election.
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Theresa May is now heading to the 1922 committee room in Westminster where she will address MPs before they start voting on the confidence ballot at 6pm. She is due to start addressing her colleagues and plea for their support in just a few minutes.
PM has arrived at 1922 committee. Lots of cheers and banging on the desks when she entered the room, according to my colleague Lizzy Buchan, who is outside the room in parliament's committee corridors.
Voting has now started in the no confidence ballot of Conservative MPs.
Speaking to reporters outside the committee room, the Conservative Party chairman Brandon Lewis says: “She got a really good reception, as you can hear.” Asked is she might lead party into next election, he said: “the PM was very frank about the clear view she has that colleagues had made known their views about the 2022 election. The decision tonight is about this year right now and Brexit and actually keeping her as PM right now is the right thing to do.”
Brexiteer Conservative MP Andrea Jenkyns, a vocal critic of Theresa May, tweeted: "In the 1922 Theresa May stated that the DUP are supporting her. I have spoken with the DUP and they have told me she is categorically mistaken. They do not support her."
The Morley and Outwood MP added: "When asked whether she would fight an election if there was one in the next twelve months. The PM dodged the question and said she will be here as long as the party wants her. Those with marginal seats please think whether you want a repeat of the last election."
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