MPS across Dorset are preparing for a no-confidence vote of Prime Minister Boris Johnson tonight at parliament.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face a vote of no confidence by Tory MPs this evening as frustrations over the lockdown-busting parties in No 10 and the direction of the Prime Minister’s leadership reached a tipping point.
South Dorset MP Richard Drax, who visited Weymouth's Park District yesterday for the Platinum Jubilee, was approached and will 'not be commenting at the moment'.
Chris Loder, the MP for West Dorset was approached for comment whether he will back the PM, but has no provided a comment.
Further afield Christchurch MP Sir Christopher Chope has committed his support to Prime Minister Boris Johnson ahead of tonight’s vote of no confidence.
The veteran Conservative said his party colleagues who had put in letters to Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of the backbench 1922 Committee, were 'behaving like headless chickens'.
This morning Sir Graham announced he had received 54 letters from Conservative MPs needed to trigger the ballot.
The vote – by secret ballot – will take place at Westminster on Monday between 6pm and 8pm, with the count to take place immediately afterwards.
Sir Christopher told the Daily Echo: “After the unalloyed joy of the jubilee, it is disappointing some of my party colleagues are behaving like headless chickens.
He added: "I'm expressly going to be voting to show my confidence."
Bournemouth West MP Conor Burns, a close ally of Boris Johnson, has expressed his support for the Prime Minister in a post on social media.
Mr Burns, Minister of State for Northern Ireland, said: “I will vote to support Boris."
Bournemouth East MP Tobias Ellwood already nails his colours to the mast in wanting a change of leadership.
He put a vote of no confidence letter in several months ago and was critical of the Prime Minister in the House of Commons following the publication of Sue Gray’s report into lockdown events in Number 10 Downing Street.
Two weeks ago, Poole MP Sir Robert Syms said he would need 'a lot of convincing' from the Prime Minister if was to support Mr Johnson in a vote of no confidence.
There has been no response from North Poole MP Michael Tomlinson, who is currently a whip for the Conservative Government.
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