Boris Johnson faces 'no confidence' vote after polls show he would lose election held today: Report

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Britain Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives a speech at Paddington Station in London May 17, 2022. 
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One such member estimated that 190 conservative ministers could vote against Johnson, exceeding the required 180. 

“It’s 55% that it happens on Monday or Tuesday,” a former cabinet minister told The Times. “It’s 80% there’s a vote elections” target=”_blank”>after the two by-elections< on government premises during the U.K.’s strict COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020. 

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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons, London, May 18, 2022. (Jessica Taylor/UK Parliament via AP)


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An anti-Conservative Party protester holds a placard with an image of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson that includes the words "Now Partygate" near the Houses of Parliament, in London Dec. 8, 2021.  (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)


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In this photo issued by UK Parliament, Britain’s Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks during Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons, London, Wednesday Dec. 8, 2021. (Jessica Taylor/UK Parliament via AP) ( )

The prime minister survived a similar challenge earlier this year over those controversies ahead of an investigation into the party scandal. The probe uncovered a total of 16 such gatherings in defiance of the lockdown rules, often with raucous atmospheres. 

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The revelations caused such a stir among voters that recent data compiled by market research company YouGov indicated the Conservative Party would lose 85 seats, and the opposing Labour Party would pick up 83 seats. The conservatives hold an 80-seat majority.

YouGov’s poll found that Labour had not only made gains in areas that the conservatives flipped during the last election but that it had made significant gains in traditional conservative strongholds, including Johnson’s own seat as well as those of several prominent conservative ministers. 

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“High-profile ‘Red Wall’ Conservative gains from 2019 … would fall back into Labour hands if an election were held tomorrow,” the pollster wrote of the results. “Every Conservative seat in Wales under our ‘battleground’ definition would be lost.”