British Prime Minister Theresa May survives a challenge to her leadership, but her vision for Brexit remains in doubt
London
Prime Minister Theresa May survived a humiliating challenge to her leadership on Wednesday night, beating back a no-confidence vote triggered by rebels in her own Conservative Party who opposed her deal on how to withdraw from the European Union.
May won the vote by 200 to 117 — comfortably surpassing the threshold of 158 votes she needed. The British prime miniser is now immune from a leadership challenge by her party for a year.
May had warned rebellious lawmakers that ousting her would not make getting a better Brexit deal any easier and would instead bring delay and confusion.
“I will contest that vote with everything I’ve got,” said May, speaking outside her Downing Street residence, before the vote. “I stand ready to finish the job.”
The no-confidence vote involved only Conservative Party lawmakers and not the entire Parliament.
