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Confidence vote: May's opponents and supporters in the Tory party

A secret ballot will take place on Wednesday evening – here’s an updating list of the Conservative MPs’ public intentions

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Brexit in chaos as Tory MPs trigger vote of no confidence in May

How Conservative leadership challenges work

Matthew Weaver Wed 12 Dec 2018 12.27 GMT
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/dec/12/confidence-voting-theresa-may-supporters-and-opponents-in-the-tory-party

In the hours since Wednesday morning’s announcement that a Conservative leadership contest has been triggered, more than 100 Tory MPs have declared their backing for Theresa May on Twitter. 48 letters against her were required to trigger the contest and four people have tweeted to declare they would not support her in the vote. Of course, because the ballot is secret, there is no way to know how many of them are telling the truth.

Here is a list of who has come out on each side:
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