Theresa May has survived a vote of no confidence by Tory MPs to carry on as Prime Minister.
The MPs voted by 200 to 117 in favour of Mrs May.
They voted to reject the no confidence motion sparked by 48 MPs writing to the chairman of the 1922 committee, Graham Brady.
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All 317 Conservative MPs voted in a committee room at Westminster over two hours, after Mrs May spoke to the MPs and declared her intention not to be the leader going into the next General Election in 2022.
Mrs May said she wanted to see the Brexit deal through before handing over to someone else, despite saying she would have liked to lead the party into another election but conceded that won’t be possible.
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It means there will be no immediate Tory leadership election and Theresa May is safe from a challenge for at least one year.
The Prime Minister still has to get her Brexit deal through a "meaningful vote" in Parliament and failure to achieve that could see her face a no confidence vote in the House of Commons from Labour.
Here's the reaction of politicians:
The PM wins 63:37. Just remember that the SNP always describes Scotland’s 62:38 result in the EU referendum as “overwhelming”. Just saying.
— Adam Tomkins MSP (@ProfTomkins) December 12, 2018
Tonight's vote of confidence in the Prime Minister @theresa_may, is the right one. Now is the time to focus on the future. Her deal means we will honour the referendum result while safeguarding jobs and maintaining business confidence.
— Philip Hammond (@PhilipHammondUK) December 12, 2018
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