LONDON — While Prime Minister Theresa May was visiting European leaders to find support for improving her deal for Britain’s exit from the European Union, some of her own party’s members of Parliament were preparing a no-confidence vote against her leadership.
On Wednesday, the process came to a head. Here’s a guide to how it unfolded.
What set off the vote?
At least 15 percent of her party’s lawmakers — at least 48 members of Parliament — submitted letters demanding a ballot to the chairman of the 1922 committee, the body that represents Conservative backbenchers.
The chairman, Graham Brady, announced on Wednesday that he had received more than the required number of letters, and that the no-confidence vote would proceed.
When did the vote take place?
Conservative lawmakers gathered in Westminster on Wednesday evening to give Mrs. May a chance to address them.
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