Breaking: Boris Johnson to face confidence vote - no comment yet from Falmouth MP Cherilyn Mackrory

Calls for Boris Johnson to resign are increasing but no comment has been made from local Conservative MP Cherilyn Mackrory.

Boris Johnson will face a possible vote of confidence in his leadership as MPs return to Westminster today (6th) after the half-term break.

The threshold of 15 per cent - or 54 Conservative MPs or more - has been reached to trigger a vote of no confidence in the PM after the Partygate scandal.

However, there is still no comment from Truro and Falmouth MP Cherilyn Mackrory - despite a request from Falmouth Nub News.

A ballot will be held between 6pm and 8pm this evening, Monday (June 6th). The votes will be counted immediately and an announcement will be made at a time to be advised with more details to be released later today.

If Johnson survives the vote of confidence there will be a period of a year before another ballot could be held.

The procedure means the PM was advised of the situation yesterday. It is believed that a number of Tory MPs asked that the news would be released after the Queen's Platinum Jubilee weekend.

It is not known if Cherilyn Mackrory handed in a letter, nor requested that the news be withheld until this morning.

Falmouth Nub News has contacted Cherilyn Mackrory MP for comment.

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