U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson won a "no-confidence" vote on Monday evening, with Conservative lawmakers voting in favor of his leadership by a margin of 211-148.

The vote could have forced his resignation after the prime minister became embroiled in a series of scandals.

Held by Johnson's Conservative Party, the vote was the latest challenge aimed at ending the political career of the United Kingdom's controversial leader.

Why Are Men Snapping Up This New $49 Wallet?

Ad

Karben

Why Are Men Snapping Up This New $49 Wallet?

"Conservative MPs made their choice tonight," Keir Starmer, leader of the opposing Labour Party, said in a speech following the results. "They have ignored the British public and hitched themselves and their party firmly to Boris Johnson, and everything that he represents."

Graham Brady, a Conservative MP, announced the vote on Monday morning, saying it had been triggered on Sunday when a 15% threshold of Conservative lawmakers in the House of Commons had decided they no longer trusted Johnson to lead.

"The PM welcomes the opportunity to make his case to MPs and will remind them that when they're united and focused on the issues that matter to voters there is no more formidable political force," No. 10 Downing St., Johnson's office, said in a statement.

Brady told BBC News that he had informed Johnson on Sunday. Members who filed no-confidence letters with Brady had dated them to coincide with the end of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee on Sunday, so as not to interrupt the celebration, he said.