A petition was launched by the National Conservative Convention, the senior body of the Tory Party’s voluntary wing, calling an Extraordinary General Meeting to pass a vote of no confidence in Theresa May, which received between 40 and 50 signatures from party chairmen this evening. The vote was not binding on the Prime Minister as she survived a no confidence vote last December and will remain leader until December 2019. But the NCC would have to hold the meeting if more than 65 Tory association chairs called for one to be held.
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We asked our readers in a Twitter poll: Who would you pick as the next Tory leader? The results were eye-opening, with 2,616 people voting between 2pm and 10pm on Wednesday, April 17.
Results of the poll
Boris Johnson: 77 percent
Sajid Javid: 11 percent
Jeremy Hunt: 6 percent
Michael Gove: 6 percent
Tories WARNED: The results of the Express.co.uk poll are in (Image: GETTY)
The clear winner of the poll was Boris Johnson, the former Foreign Secretary who lead the Leave campaign with Michael Gove during the 2016 referendum.
He previously ruled himself out of the Tory leadership race when David Cameron resigned in 2016.
He said at the time: “Having consulted colleagues and in view of the circumstances in parliament, I have concluded that person cannot be me.”
He gave his backing to Theresa May's thrice-failed deal after she said she would stand down if they voted it through, and has laid out a clear pitch for the leadership ever since.
Tories WARNED: Boris Johnson topped the poll over who should be the next Tory leader (Image: GETTY)
Pensions secretary Amber Rudd was
