Sentences with phrase «vote of no confidence in labour»

Shadow Home Office Minister Sarah Champion had resigned from her Cabinet position following a party vote of no confidence in Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

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«If it becomes clear that the national interest which is stable and principled government can be best served by forming a coalition between the Labour party and the Liberal democrats, then I believe I should discharge that duty to form that government which would in my view command a majority in the House of Commons in the Queen's Speech and any other confidence votes.

The maths just works better for Labour, it seems, because «there are few scenarios in which David Cameron will survive a vote of confidence».

An abstention by Labour would have prevented the PM from reaching a majority of two - thirds of all MPs, forcing her into the awkward position of taking the second path to an early election envisaged by the Act — a parliamentary vote of no confidence in her government.

Corbyn's victory over Owen Smith, who challenged him in the summer following a vote of no confidence in the leader by Labour MPs, was decisive.

Over 230,000 sign a vote of confidence in Jeremy Corbyn compared to 172 Labour MPs who oppose him.https: / / t.co / B8VLsrqsCI

His Shadow Cabinet disintegrated; his Parliamentary Party passed a huge Vote of No Confidence against him — something that would have ended any other leader's time in office then and there — while large numbers of councillors, the Labour London Mayor and the Party's Leader in Scotland, Kezia Dugdale, all lined up to condemn his ideas, or his performance, or both.

Labour MPs have now agreed a motion; «That this PLP has no confidence in Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party», by 172 votes to 40.

Most Labour MPs of all persuasions are to the ideological right of the current Labour leadership - otherwise there would not have been a 172 - 40 vote of no confidence in the leadership in June 2016.

Mr Corbyn has refused to resign as leader despite more than 60 Labour MPs resigning their frontbench positions in an attempt to force him out and an overwhelming vote of no confidence.

«I was highly critical of the anti-Corbynistas who wanted to argue that their antics were having no impact on public opinion, so it would be absurd for me to pretend that people would elect to power a Labour party that had voted no confidence in its leader.»

Labour's Commons motion on whether Jeremy Hunt should be investigated for breaching the Ministerial Code in his handling of the BSkyB bid has been rejected - the Government won the vote of confidence in Hunt by 290 to 252.

When the Labour government duly refused to push ahead with setting up the proposed Scottish Assembly, the SNP withdrew its support for the government: this finally brought the government down as the Conservatives triggered a vote of confidence in Callaghan's government that was lost by a single vote on 28 March 1979, necessitating a general election.

Mr Corbyn spoke out after his MPs voted by 172 to 40 in favour of a motion stating they have «no confidence in Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the parliamentary Labour party».

The Labour leader has faced a tumultuous week in which he comprehensively lost a vote of no confidence, saw more than 50 shadow ministers walk out, and rejected calls for him to resign from leading figures.

David Miliband tonight issued a lukewarm vote of confidence in the prime minister after two former cabinet colleagues called for a secret ballot by Labour MPs to settle the question of his leadership «once and for all».

Party veteran Margaret Hodge tonight moved a motion of no confidence in Mr Corbyn, which will be voted on by Labour MPs tomorrow.

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Today, more than 80 % of Labour MPs supported a vote of no confidence in leader Jeremy Corbyn, elected a year ago.

The party is currently deadlocked, with Mr Corbyn resoundingly defeated in a vote of no confidence from his fellow MPs, but still maintaining strong support among the Labour membership.

«I have had a number of party members, and many many Labour voting members of the public, tell me this weekend that they do not have confidence in your leadership and asking me to sign the motion of no confidence that was proposed for Monday.

Ms Eagle's leadership bid comes after 172 Labour MPs indicated that they had no confidence in Mr Corbyn in a vote in which he garnered the support of just 40 Westminster colleagues.

Mr Corbyn has refused to quit as leader despite more than 60 Labour MPs resigning their frontbench positions in an attempt to force him out and an overwhelming vote of no confidence.

Following the Brexit victory in the EU referendum in June 2016, a number of key Labour figures resigned from their posts and Mr Corbyn lost no confidence vote by his own MPs.

Since the EU referendum, 63 Labour MPs have quit their frontbench positions while 172 voted for a motion of no - confidence in the leader.

Labour MPs will debate a motion of no confidence in Mr Corbyn tomorrow evening, followed by a vote on Tuesday.

Mr Corbyn vowed to continue last night despite his own MPs voting by 172 to 40 in favour of a motion stating they have «no confidence in Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the parliamentary Labour party».

We could now be entering a cycle of never - ending leadership campaigns in which Corbyn gets elected, the parliamentary Labour party passes a vote of no confidence in him and triggers another election.

MPs will also debate a motion of no confidence in their embattled leader at a meeting of the parliamentary Labour party this evening, followed by a vote tomorrow.

Andrew Lansley MP: «Last Thursday, the local medical committees, which are the statutory bodies required to represent GPs across the country, met in conference and passed a vote of no confidence in the Secretary of State and the policies of the Labour Government.

Corbyn has refused to step down despite Labour Party MPs overwhelmingly backing a vote of no confidence in him.

The closest this country has come to a minority government in recent years is the 1977 Lib - Lab pact, when a beleaguered Labour government with no overall majority agreed to accept a range of Liberal party policy proposals — on condition the Liberals voted with Labour in any no confidence votes.

At the same time he issued a plea to the Parliamentary Labour Party, 172 of which issued a vote of no confidence in him, to unite behind him once the leadership election is over.

«They will stuff the NEC with new supporters and then force a vote of no confidence in (Labour general secretary) Iain McNicol.

Labour MPs last night voted overwhelmingly in favour of a no confidence motion in their party leader, with plans reportedly in the works to mount a leadership challenge.

Labour will be able to ignore the SNP, safe in the knowledge that on a vote of confidence in Ed Miliband's government it will be forced to support him

But the YouGov poll for The Times shows Mr Corbyn's support within the party's membership remains strong - despite the resignations of scores of frontbenchers and an overwhelming vote of no confidence in his leadership from Labour MPs.

A few days later, Hewitt and Hoon issued their call for a vote of confidence of Labour MPs in Brown's leadership.

The astonishing developments came a day after three - quarters of Labour MPs voted for a motion of no confidence in Mr Corbyn.

The developments came a day after three - quarters of Labour MPs voted for a motion of no confidence in Mr Corbyn.

If Labour lost its Queens Speech and Budget — the Queens Speech alone would trigger a crisis if rejected — then the Tories and minority parties might well then want to trigger a vote of no confidence, and if won, Labour would be out in the cold and suffer irreparable damage.

Leadership election Gordon Brown told the assembled media outside Downing Street: «If it becomes clear that the national interest, which is stable and principled government, which can be best served by forming a coalition between the Labour party and the Liberal Democrats, then I believe I should discharge that duty to form that government which would in my view command a majority in the House of Commons in the Queen's speech any other confidence votes.

The Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) have remained defiantly opposed to his leadership since they held a vote of no confidence in July and The Sunday Times reported some rebels are planning to form a «party within a party» if Mr Corbyn prevails on 24 September.

After narrowly surviving a vote of no confidence by 17 votes to 14 at a meeting of the party's Executive Committee in Glasgow on 16 May 2015, Murphy announced that he would step down as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party in June.