Boris Johnson to face vote of confidence as Conservative leader

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal

LONDON (AA) - Tory MPs will hold a vote of confidence in British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday evening, the party’s 1922 Committee chairman Sir Graham Bradley said.

The announcement came after speculations over the Jubilee weekend that the threshold of 15% MPs was reached.

Bradley said the confidence vote will be held this evening between 6 pm and 8 pm and the result will be announced shortly after.

If Johnson loses the vote, he will have to resign as the prime minister and a leadership contest will start immediately after.

Johnson has been harshly criticized for months over the lockdown parties at Downing Street.