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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson may have survived a confidence vote in his leadership, but questions remain whether he can survive after such a narrow win.

Prime minister has won the vote but lost his leadership after Tories finally turn on him in large numbers

It comes after a number of Tory MPs balloted for a vote of no confidence in his leadership

The Tory leader survived a vote of no confidence from his own MPs in a day of high drama at Westminster - but the echoes will ricochet for months after a string of high-profile Conservatives blasted his leadership

London (AFP) - British Conservative MPs on Monday voted on the future of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, after calling a no-confidence vote over a string of scandals that have left the party's public standing in tatters.

A no-confidence vote has the power to reduce a prime minister to tears in public. Boris Johnson now faces the judgement of his own MPs and is not the first to be in this position

For the Prime Minister, the bank holiday was a festival of humiliation as the once-'Heineken Tory' got the fateful call from 1922 Committee chairman Sir Graham Brady - just before setting off for a big royal event

Boris Johnson has survived a “no-confidence” vote by 211 votes to 148 votes against his leadership. But Johnson’s margin of victory is smaller (as a percentage of all Conservative MPs) than that achieved by his predecessor Theresa May in 2019, six months before she resigned and he won the support…

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

The results of the no confidence vote are due at 9pm tonight.

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