The Conservative MP for Ynys Môn, Virginia Crosbie, has said it’s now time to ‘get on with the job’ after a confidence vote on Boris Johnson’s premiership.
The prime minister won the support of 211 MPs in a confidence vote on Monday, but 148 MPS (41% of his party) voted they had no confidence in him as their leader.
The confidence vote was triggered early on Monday morning after more than 54 Tory MPs – 15% of the total – submitted no-confidence letters to Graham Brady, chair of the 1922 Committee that represents backbenchers.
Johnson’s leadership has been wracked by several controversies, the biggest of which has been the “partygate” scandal when Johnson and other officials were found to have broken lockdown rules.
Addressing his cabinet, Mr Johnson said it was time to “draw a line” under the row about his leadership.
He said the government would be focusing exclusively on issues “people want” such as “dealing with the aftershocks of Covid” and rising energy prices.
Ms Crosbie pledged her support for the PM and said it was now time to ‘get behind’ him and work to tackle the challenges at home and abroad.
In a statement on Facebook earlier today, Ms Crosbie said: “The Prime Minister won the confidence vote last night and now it’s time to get behind him and work to tackle the challenges this country faces both at home and abroad
“Boris Johnson is a fervent supporter of new nuclear power and I see this as my priority – spades in the ground for a new nuclear power station at Wylfa and all that means for jobs and investment on this island.
“All that really interests me is what is best for my constituents. I said I would bring jobs, opportunities and investment.
“This government headed by this Prime Minister is committed to doing just that in places like Ynys Môn that have been long ignored by other political parties.
“It’s time to get on with the job”
Although Johnson is theoretically safe from another leadership challenge for a year under the rules of the 1922 Committee – With so many of his party having voted against him, has the prime minister effectively lost his majority support in parliament?
