Conservative lawmakers trigger no confidence vote in UK PM May's leadership

Reuters

Published Dec 12, 2018 02:52AM ET

Conservative lawmakers trigger no confidence vote in UK PM May's leadership

LONDON (Reuters) - Lawmakers in Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party triggered a vote of no confidence in her leadership on Wednesday as Britain's planned divorce from the European Union was plunged into chaos.

Graham Brady, chairman of the party's so-called 1922 committee, said the threshold for a vote had been exceeded.