Boris Johnson has lost the support of another Tory MP, with Anthony Mangnall announcing he has submitted a letter calling for a no confidence vote in the Prime Minister.
Mangnall, the MP for Totnes and South Devon, tweeted on Wednesday afternoon: “Standards in public life matter.”
“At this time I can no longer support the PM. His actions and mistruths are overshadowing the extraordinary work of so many excellent ministers and colleagues.I have submitted a letter of no confidence.”
Mangnall’s letter takes the number of Tory MPs publicly demanding a no confidence vote up to thirteen.
Other letters may have been submitted to the chairman of the Conservative 1922 Committee in private, but 54 letters, some 15 per cent of MPs, are needed for a no confidence vote to go ahead.
The move came after senior Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood said Johnson had lost his support and he would be submitting a letter to the 1922 Committee.
The chair of the Defence Select Committee said the partygate scandal left Tory MPs in a “horrible position” of having to defend Johnson’s rule breaking.
He said: “I don’t think the Prime Minister realises how worried colleagues are in every corner of the party, backbenchers and ministers alike, that this is all only going one way and will invariably slide towards a very ugly place.”
If the backbench 1922 Committee receives 54 letters of no confidence from Conservative MPs, it would trigger no-confidence vote that could lead to a leadership contest.
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