"More lives than a cat": People in Gloucestershire react to the vote of confidence in the Prime Minister
Boris Johnson survived a vote of confidence amongst his own MPs last night
Boris Johnson has won the confidence vote in his leadership. The secret ballot of the 359 Tory MPs was held tonight with nearly 150 MPs voting against the Prime Minister.
Conservative MPs backed Mr Johnson by 211 to 148, meaning he remains the Tory party leader and Prime Minister, but it was much closer than many had predicted.
We've been asking people in Gloucester about what they think about Boris Johnson's leadership.
"He's got more lives than a cat, but I can't see anybody who will take over"
It's a bigger rebellion than Theresa May faced in a vote of no-confidence in 2018, she secured the support of 63% of her MPs – but was still forced out within six months.
Mr Johnson saw 41% of his MPs vote against him, a worse result than Mrs May.
Under Tory party rules, the Prime Minister won't face another vote of no confidence for at least 12 months.
Locally, there has been support for the PM - with one woman telling us;
"He's done a really good job in very very very difficult times. I admire him, yes he's a fool sometimes, but aren't we all"
The Prime Minister has described the results of a confidence vote in his leadership as a “very good result”.