Tory leadership votes

For

Against

Abstentions

Boris Johnson

Vote of no confidence (June 2022)

59%

Needed to win: half of Conservative MPs, plus one

41%

Theresa May*

Vote of no confidence (December 2018)

63%

Needed to win: half of Conservative MPs, plus one

37%

Margaret Thatcher**

Leadership ballot (November 1990)

55%

Needed to win: 50% of the overall vote and to

be 15% clear of the runner-up

41%

4%

For

Against

Abstentions

Boris Johnson - vote of no confidence (June 2022)

59%

Needed to win: half of Conservative MPs, plus one

41%

Theresa May*- vote of no confidence (December 2018)

63%

Needed to win: half of Conservative MPs, plus one

37%

Margaret Thatcher** - leadership ballot (November 1990)

55%

Needed to win: 50% of the overall vote and to be 15% clear of the runner-up

41%

4%

Guardian graphic. *May resigned six months after the vote of no-confidence because she felt she had lost the support of her party. ** Thatcher won by 204 votes to 152, but this was not enough to avoid a second vote and she eventually stood down