UK PM Johnson to face confidence vote after string of scandals

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at a session in the House of Commons on March 30, 2022. PHOTO | AFP

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face a Conservative Party confidence vote on his leadership Monday after 54 of his Tory MPs triggered a contest following a string of scandals. 

"The threshold of 15 per cent of the parliamentary party seeking a vote of confidence in the leader of the Conservative Party has been exceeded," Graham Brady, chair of the 1922 Committee of Conservative backbench MPs, said.