‘Tell constituents how you voted on Boris,’ Labour MP tells Tory opponents
BORIS Johnson’s confidence vote win has been met with a range of reactions from across the country - and one local Labour MP is demanding that Tory representatives ‘come clean’ about how they voted.
More than 50 Tory MPs submitted letters of no confidence, leading to last night’s vote at the Houses of Parliament.
However, 211 MPs voted their confidence in the Prime Minister, with 148 voting no confidence meaning more than 40 per cent voted against Johnson.
After the results were announced, Stephen Morgan, Labour MP for Portsmouth South, said: ‘The Tories have shown where their loyalties lie.
‘Not with their constituents, but with this lawbreaking PM, whose rudderless, dysfunctional government limps on during a cost of living crisis.
‘Local Tory MPs should now come clean to their constituents about how they voted tonight.’
As reported yesterday by The News, Penny Mordaunt, Conservative MP for Portsmouth North, did not explicitly say how she would vote during tonight’s secret ballot.
However, she did say: ‘I didn’t choose this prime minister, I didn’t support him in the leadership contest but he has always had my loyalty because I think that’s what you do when you have a democratic process – you select a leader and then you owe that person your loyalty.
‘That’s always been my approach, whatever differences I’ve had with people and that remains. I’m one of his ministers and I have continued to support him.’
Suella Braverman, Conservative MP for Fareham, said before the vote: ‘@BorisJohnson has my full support.
‘He is delivering for our country: rebuilding after Covid, supporting families with the cost of living and restoring UK leadership around the world.
‘Let’s unite and work together as a team.’
In a tweet yesterday afternoon afternoon, Alan Mak, Conservative MP for Havant, said: ‘I will be continuing my support for our Prime Minister @BorisJohnson in tonight's vote.
‘Our @Conservatives
Gover[n]ment will continue getting on with the job of delivering on the country's priorities including economic growth and boosting living standards.’
MPs Penny Mordaunt, Caroline Dinenage, Suella Braverman, and Alan Mak were all approached for comment after last night's result was declared.