UK Prime Minister Theresa May is on track to win Wednesday's vote of no confidence as she has been backed by a total of 160 Tory members, thus reaching the required number of votes to secure her term, media reported on Wednesday.
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 12th December, 2018) UK Prime Minister Theresa May is on track to win Wednesday's vote of no confidence as she has been backed by a total of 160 Tory members, thus reaching the required number of votes to secure her term, media reported on Wednesday.May will face a vote of confidence in her leadership on Wednesday night after the 15-percent threshold necessary for the ballot has been exceeded amid the delay on the Brexit deal vote, according to a statement of Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of the Conservative Private Members' Committee. The prime minister will lose her position if 158 out of 315 Conservative lawmakers vote against her.
A tally by the Sky news broadcaster has indicated that 160 members of the Conservative Party have publicly pledged to vote for keeping May as a leader.
The prime minister has been backed by many high-ranking members of her cabinet, including Environment Secretary Michael Gove, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Home Secretary Sajid Javid and Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond, among others, according to the broadcaster.
