1922 Committee

A vote of backbench Tory MPs could help seal Boris Johnson's fate.

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy policy and Terms of service apply. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy policy and Terms of service apply. A number of Tory MPs have said they will stand for the committee on the basis they would vote for a rule change if they were elected to enable another confidence vote to take place before next year. One compromise suggested is that a second confidence vote could be held if 25% of Tories in the Commons – 90 MPs – submit letters to the 1922 leadership. The leader must face a vote of confidence of Tory MPs if 15% of the parliamentary party write to committee chairman Sir Graham Brady calling for one.

Members of 1922 Committee to consider changing rules as soon as Wednesday night, it is understood.

“We have to ask ourselves if we have to make a decision of this magnitude at this moment. “The first ballot was triggered and held same day – we can move fast if we need to,” one MP said. Johnson is protected under the current rules by a year’s immunity after he won a vote a month ago.

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To state the obvious, if more than half of MPs wrote such letters, it would be obvious that the PM had lost the argument, so it would be tricky for him to say that a new vote was deeply unfair. The existing rules say there should be no further vote of confidence until next June, with the threshold for such a vote just 15% of Tory MPs.Such an emergency change in the rules of the '22 Committee is being actively canvassed and discussed by Conservative MPs, such is the gravity of the crisis they fear they face.The point is that unless they make that change at their meeting on Wednesday night, it is more-or-less impossible for the parliamentary stages of a leadership contest to be completed before Parliament rises for the summer in a fortnight. The 1922 Committee - the organising body for Conservative MPs - faces a momentous decision on Wednesday night.If its members believe the mood of their colleagues is that the prime minister must face an immediate further test of his popularity, following the Chris Pincher debacle and the serial resignations from government, they could allow a further vote of confidence in the PM.But the threshold for such a vote would be massively increased, to avoid the charge that the committee was somehow on a vendetta against the PM and was trampling on the party's internal rules of democracy.

The Conservative backbench 1922 Committee is expected to hold elections next week which could finally seal the fate of Boris Johnson.

A number of Tory MPs have said they will stand for the committee on the basis they would vote for a rule change if they were elected to enable another confidence vote to take place before next year. As a result, the election is being seen at Westminster as something of a proxy for a second confidence vote. The leader must face a vote of confidence of Tory MPs if 15% of the parliamentary party write to committee chairman Sir Graham Brady calling for one.

The group decided it would be unfair to ditch the 12-month grace period currently enjoyed by the prime minister before committee elections can take place on ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. By clicking ‘Register’ you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use, Cookie policy and Privacy notice. A source on the committee said the group does not expect Mr Johnson to remain in power until Monday, as a group of cabinet ministers headed to No 10 on Wednesday night to tell the PM it is time to go.

A vote of backbench Tory MPs could help seal Boris Johnson's fate.

A number of Tory MPs have said they will stand for the committee on the basis they would vote for a rule change if they were elected to enable another confidence vote to take place before next year. One compromise suggested is that a second confidence vote could be held if 25% of Tories in the Commons – 90 MPs – submit letters to the 1922 leadership. The leader must face a vote of confidence of Tory MPs if 15% of the parliamentary party write to committee chairman Sir Graham Brady calling for one.

The committee of Tory backbenchers will instead hold an internal election on Monday to select its executive which could vote to change the…

The 1922 committee has voted to not change the rules that would allow for a second no-confidence vote. The 1922 committee has voted to not change no- confidence rules that could have led to a second no-confidence vote for Boris Johnson. Boris Johnson latest: 1922 committee will not change rules to allow for PM confidence vote

Conservative MP Andrew Murrison claims the 1922 Committee will force Boris Johnson to go.

Conservative MP Simon Hoare, who chairs the Commons Northern Ireland Committee, tweeted: “This will come as no surprise to those who know me but I have written to Graham Brady asking for a rule change governing the holding of confidence votes & a further confidence vote to be held. Six months takes you to the beginning of December. is that you’d reduce the time-frame to six months. or the 1922 will change the rules and we will be rid of him that way. “He needs to depart now with dignity...he has to go now,” Mr Murrison said. He added: “How many will Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid bring with them?

The leader must face a vote of confidence of Tory MPs if 15% of the parliamentary party write to committee chairman Sir Graham Brady calling for one. If the ...

A number of Tory MPs have said they will stand for the committee on the basis they would vote for a rule change if they were elected to enable another confidence vote to take place before next year. At a meeting on Wednesday of the 1922 executive it was agreed that the elections for a new executive will be held on Monday. The leader must face a vote of confidence of Tory MPs if 15% of the parliamentary party write to committee chairman Sir Graham Brady calling for one.

The leader must face a vote of confidence of Tory MPs if 15% of the parliamentary party write to committee chairman Sir Graham Brady calling for one. If the ...

A number of Tory MPs have said they will stand for the committee on the basis they would vote for a rule change if they were elected to enable another confidence vote to take place before next year. At a meeting on Wednesday of the 1922 executive it was agreed that the elections for a new executive will be held on Monday. The leader must face a vote of confidence of Tory MPs if 15% of the parliamentary party write to committee chairman Sir Graham Brady calling for one.

The committee of Tory backbenchers will instead hold an internal election on Monday to select its executive which could vote to change the…

The 1922 committee has voted to not change the rules that would allow for a second no-confidence vote. The 1922 committee has voted to not change no- confidence rules that could have led to a second no-confidence vote for Boris Johnson. Boris Johnson latest: 1922 committee will not change rules to allow for PM confidence vote

MPs decide against ripping up rulebook to allow new confidence vote and agree to hold elections for new chiefs on Monday.

He then asked for an ethics investigation, and civil servants told him it did not “reach the threshold” for further action. The Cabinet needs to go and talk to him to get this thing to end.” The numbers for the letters are already in.” If their coup succeeds and he resigns, a confidence vote will not be necessary. The Will Wragg brigade will win. The elections themselves will be seen as a proxy vote on Boris Johnson's leadership.

The Conservative backbench 1922 Committee is expected to hold elections next week which could finally seal the fate of Boris Johnson.

A number of Tory MPs have said they will stand for the committee on the basis they would vote for a rule change if they were elected to enable another confidence vote to take place before next year. At a meeting on Wednesday of the 1922 executive it was agreed that the elections for a new executive will be held on Monday. The leader must face a vote of confidence of Tory MPs if 15% of the parliamentary party write to committee chairman Sir Graham Brady calling for one.

In a blistering personal attack on Mr Johnson, Sajid Javid criticised 'the tone' the Prime Minister had set in recent months.

Six months takes you to the beginning of December. It was made up of a small group of new MPs who had been elected in 1922 – hence the name. “I have no idea who’s going to stand, I suspect we will hear a little bit more about that over the next day or so. Bob Blackman, the joint-executive secretary of the Committee, said in his view there would need to be a “very high threshold” in place to warrant a confidence vote in a Prime Minister “very soon” after a previous ballot. “I suspect what we will see is that the elections for the executive, the 1922 Committee, will give a majority to his opponents, they will change the rules and we may well have a ballot shortly before the summer recess.” The 1922 Committee is a group of backbench Tory MPs who meet weekly when the Commons is sitting to discuss party matters.

The committee of Tory backbenchers will instead hold an internal election on Monday to select its executive which could vote to change the…

The 1922 committee has voted to not change the rules that would allow for a second no-confidence vote. The 1922 committee has voted to not change no- confidence rules that could have led to a second no-confidence vote for Boris Johnson. Boris Johnson latest: 1922 committee will not change rules to allow for PM confidence vote

Tory backbenchers on the 1922 Committee will choose new leaders on Monday who are expected to begin the process of forcing out Boris Johnson if he has not ...

Backbenchers believe that once Sir Graham Brady receives 180 or more letters of no confidence - the number which would see the PM lose the vote - he would ...

It’s all intakes and all wings.” The backbenchers believe that once Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 committee, receives 180 or more letters of no confidence – the number which would see the PM lose the vote – he would have to organise a new ballot within hours. Following a stream of ministerial resignations in the past 24 hours, Tory MPs are now working closely together to coordinate a mass rebellion against Mr Johnson to force him from office.

The 1922 committee, the parliamentary group of Conservative backbenchers, will hold elections next Monday. Among those who are considering running there's.

Yet everything could change, as the 1922 committee could alter the rules to allow for a second vote. All Tory backbenchers will be able to vote for the eighteen places on the executive. The committee has a key role, holding the power to change the rules that allow for a leadership challenge.