Geoffrey Clifton-Brown discusses no-confidence vote
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Boris Johnson made an apologetic statement to parliament today in light of the publication of Sue Gray’s partygate update. He was repeatedly asked to resign by both opposition and Conservative MPs. Will the PM accept these growing calls to resign, or will he face a vote of no confidence? Express.co.uk explores the latest odds.
Sue Gray’s report into the gatherings at Downing Street, which were alleged to have broken lockdown rules, has been published (in part) today.
Her report found many of these events “shouldn’t have been allowed to take place.”
This damning report has sparked fresh calls for the PM to resign.
Searches for “Boris Resign” have skyrocketed by a staggering 458 percent after Sue Gray’s report was released according to Income Tax UK.
Mr Johnson has so far shown no signs of leaving. This may force his disgruntled backbenchers to launch a vote of no confidence in him.
Ladbrokes has repeatedly slashed the odds of a vote of no confidence being called.
The odds of a no-confidence vote being triggered by the end of February 2022 currently stand at a whopping 7/4.
While the odds of Mr Johnson formally announcing his resignation as Prime Minister before the end of February 2022 stand at 7/2.
This means the latest odds put a vote of no confidence as a more likely scenario than Mr Johnson voluntarily resigning.
Alex Apati of Ladbrokes said: “Things hardly look great for Boris Johnson right now.
“His odds of being replaced imminently are shortening by the day and with Tory backbenchers being urged by Keir Starmer to remove the PM, the odds suggest we could be in for a hectic month ahead on the political betting front.”
Who could replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister?
With mounting calls for Mr Johnson to step down, many political commentators are starting to speculate about who could be in line to replace him.
To date, Tom Tugendhat, the Conservative chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, has been the only Tory MP to announce his intention to stand as leader of the Conservative party if Mr Johnson is ousted from power.
He told Times Radio it would be a “huge privilege” to become the next leader of his party.
He added he had not been “canvassing support”, but “of course, you should have a go”.
Since his announcement, Ladbrokes have slashed his odds of becoming the next Conservative leader from 12/1 to 6/1.
Here are the latest odds for who will replace Boris Johnson as the next leader of the Tory party:
Rishi Sunak – 13/8
Liz Truss – 11/2
Tom Tugendhat – 6/1
Jeremy Hunt – 7/1
Penny Mordaunt – 11/1
Michael Gove – 16/1
Sajid Javid – 16/1
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