Theresa May has warded off a challenge to hear leadership, winning a vote of confidence by 200 votes to 117.
This means she will continue as Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, and another no confidence vote cannot be held for the next twelve months.
A warring party
Even after weathering a no confidence vote, Mrs May is still at the helm of a deeply divided party, with Remainers and arch Brexiteers entirely at odds as to how she should now proceed.
Senior Tory MP Sarah Wollsaton said she hoped Eurosceptics’ coup to oust May would lose badly so she could ‘see the back of their pompous threats forever’.
Security Minister Tobias Ellwood said a strong win for Mrs May should make hard Brexiteers consider their position within the Conservative Party.
Brexit supporters on the other hand accuse Remainers of attempting to overturn the result of the referendum by standing in the way of Brexit.
Brexit
Having secured her position, Mrs May will now turn to the arduous task of getting her Brexit deal through Parliament after delaying the vote in the face of a bruising defeat.
She will travel to Europe this week for crisis talks with European leaders in an attempt to rescue her deal, despite the EU maintaining it is not willing to reopen negotiations.
