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IN PICTURES: Theresa May survives an attempt to oust her as party leader

By Press Association
Sir Graham Brady (centre), chairman of the 1922 Committee, announces that Theresa May has survived an attempt by Tory MPs to oust her as party leader with a motion of no confidence at the Houses of Parliament in London.
Sir Graham Brady (centre), chairman of the 1922 Committee, announces that Theresa May has survived an attempt by Tory MPs to oust her as party leader with a motion of no confidence at the Houses of Parliament in London.

It was a historic day as Theresa May battled on after winning a confidence vote 200 to 117.

Prime Minister Theresa May making a statement outside 10 Downing Street, London, after the 1922 Committee announced that enough Conservative MPs have requested a vote of confidence in Mrs May to trigger a leadership contest.
Chairman of the backbench 1922 Committee Sir Graham Brady in Westminster today after it was announced that enough Conservative MPs have requested a vote of confidence in Prime Minister Theresa May to trigger a leadership contest.
Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street, London, for the House of Commons to face Prime Minister's Questions.
Prime Minister Theresa May during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London.
A poster against a hard border stands on the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland near the town of Derrylin, Northern Ireland, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. With compromises on both sides in the Brexit deal, Britain and the EU managed to reach agreement on many contentious issues. But one has proved intractable: the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland, which will be the U.K.'s only land border with the EU after Brexit.
Protesters outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, ahead Conservative MPs holding a vote of confidence in Prime Minister Theresa May.
Conservative MPs in a meeting addressed by Theresa May in Committee Room 14 in the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, ahead of their vote of confidence in her as party leader.
Sir Graham Brady (centre), chairman of the 1922 Committee, announces that Theresa May has survived an attempt by Tory MPs to oust her as party leader with a motion of no confidence at the Houses of Parliament in London.
Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg departs after speaking to the media outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, after Prime Minister Theresa May survived an attempt by Tory MPs to oust her with a vote of no confidence.
Still cutting a lonely figure PM Theresa May makes a statement in 10 Downing Street, London, after she survived an attempt by Tory MPs to oust her as party leader with a vote of no confidence.

 

 

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