The Latest Breaking News from 1922 Committee

Inside Boris Johnson no confidence vote with phones confiscated and secretive rules

A no confidence vote in Boris Johnson is being held from 6pm tonight with result announced at 9pm. Here's everything we know about how it will work - and why the process is still fusty and mysterious

Daily Mirror · Jun 6, 2022

How London MPs are set to side in the confidence vote on Boris Johnson

London MPs appear split on whether PM should remain as leader as they prepare to vote on his future on Monday evening

Evening Standard · Jun 6, 2022

Time of announcement on Boris Johnson's future and how the PM will learn his fate

MPs have been ordered to hand over their phones to preserve the secrecy of the confidence vote in the Tory leader

Wales Online · Jun 6, 2022

Who could replace Boris Johnson? Tory candidates who may take over if PM is toppled

Jeremy Hunt, Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak and Tom Tugendhat are among those topping the next Tory leader odds after 1922 Committee chairman Sir Graham Brady called a vote of no confidence. But there's no clear heir...

Daily Mirror · Jun 6, 2022

Boris Johnson’s supporters defiant as Tory MPs vote on his future

Allies insisted a single-vote victory will see the Prime Minister carry on, but in reality the political damage would be fatal.

The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2022

What is the 1922 Committee?

The group of MPs holds Boris Johnson's fate in its hands

Wales Online · Jun 6, 2022

UK’s Boris Johnson faces no-confidence vote: All you need to know

If Johnson loses the vote, he will be out of a job and a contest to replace him will begin.

Al Jazeera · Jun 6, 2022

Who is Sir Graham Brady and the 1922 Committee as Boris Johnson faces no-confidence vote

A vote of no confidence in Boris Johnson has been triggered by his own MPs. The vote was set in motion when more than 54 letters from Tory MPs were sent to Sir Graham Brady, chair of the 1922 Committee

Daily Mirror · Jun 6, 2022

What is a vote of no confidence?

What happens when MPs write enough letters to the chair of the 1922 committee?

Evening Standard · Jun 6, 2022

From May to Heath: Tories who have faced votes on their leadership

Boris Johnson is not the first leader to face poll of party MPs, a situation that has often led to their downfall

The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2022