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Tory Rebels ,warned they could face a General Election .. which might cost them their seat.
If they continue to seek to oust Boris....I hope every single one of them lose their seat.
If they continue to seek to oust Boris....I hope every single one of them lose their seat.
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//I don’t understand.
Why would there be a general election?//
Nor do I. The Fixed Term Parliament Act provides only two ways for Parliament to be dissolved before the set period. One is that a vote of "No Confidence" in the government is passed by the House (requiring 50% +1 of those present to agree). The other is for two thirds of the total number of MPs (including vacant seats) to vote in favour.
At present there are 637 voting members of the Commons. There are two vacancies. The 7 Sinn Fein members do not vote and nor do the Speaker and his three deputies (unless involved in a "tie-breaker"). The Tories have 357 voting members in the Commons, the rest have 280 between them. This means to see a successful "No Confidence" vote (assuming all 637 voting members turned up) 39 Tories would have to vote that they have no confidence in the government led by their own party - an action which may see them lose their seats. To secure the two thirds majority necessary for agreement, 434 votes must be cast in favour, meaning that no fewer than 154 Tories must agree to the measure.
Why would sufficient numbers of Conservative MPs vote in favour of either of these measures? So unless gulliver can provide us with some evidence to show who issued this warning and on what basis, the question is entirely irrelevant.
Why would there be a general election?//
Nor do I. The Fixed Term Parliament Act provides only two ways for Parliament to be dissolved before the set period. One is that a vote of "No Confidence" in the government is passed by the House (requiring 50% +1 of those present to agree). The other is for two thirds of the total number of MPs (including vacant seats) to vote in favour.
At present there are 637 voting members of the Commons. There are two vacancies. The 7 Sinn Fein members do not vote and nor do the Speaker and his three deputies (unless involved in a "tie-breaker"). The Tories have 357 voting members in the Commons, the rest have 280 between them. This means to see a successful "No Confidence" vote (assuming all 637 voting members turned up) 39 Tories would have to vote that they have no confidence in the government led by their own party - an action which may see them lose their seats. To secure the two thirds majority necessary for agreement, 434 votes must be cast in favour, meaning that no fewer than 154 Tories must agree to the measure.
Why would sufficient numbers of Conservative MPs vote in favour of either of these measures? So unless gulliver can provide us with some evidence to show who issued this warning and on what basis, the question is entirely irrelevant.
