Another Conservative MP has submitted a letter of no confidence in Boris Johnson, making him the 28th Tory to publicly call for him to go over the partygate scandal.
John Stevenson, MP for Carlisle, said he has been “deeply disappointed” in the rule-breaking parties at Number 10 and Mr Johnson’s response to parliament.
He said he has called for the PM to put himself forward for a vote of confidence to “draw a line” under the issue but said Mr Johnson appears unwilling to, so he has “taken the appropriate action” to get a vote of confidence to take place.
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The development came shortly after Dame Andrea Leadsom, the former cabinet minister, condemned Mr Johnson’s “unacceptable failings of leadership” over the partygate scandal.
The former business secretary was the 40th Conservative MP to have questioned Mr Johnson’s position as prime minister since he was fined by the Met Police for breaching lockdown rules in Downing Street, according to a Sky News tally.
Dame Andrea sent a letter to her South Northamptonshire constituents on Monday, in which she said that after careful study of the Sue Gray report into partygate “it is painfully clear to me that given the extent and severity of rule-breaking taking place over a 20-month period, it is extremely unlikely that senior leaders were unaware of what was going on”.
