British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Won't Face Confidence Vote This Week

The decision by the 1922 Committee contradicts some earlier reports that the rules would be changed to allow a new confidence vote in Boris Johnson this week.

A new confidence vote in British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will not be brought by his lawmakers until at least next week, after the Conservative Party committee governing the rules agreed to elect a new executive before considering allowing one.The so-called 1922 Committee decided on Wednesday it would hold an election to its executive on Monday, before deciding whether to change the rules to bring forward a confidence vote in Johnson, three Conservative lawmakers said.

That new executive of the committee, which oversees any confidence vote in a Conservative Party leader, will then decide whether to change the rules to bring forward such a vote, which currently cannot take place until next year, the lawmakers said.

Johnson survived a confidence vote on June 6 in which 41% of his lawmakers cast ballots against his leadership. As the rules stand, he cannot face another such vote for 12 months.

Conservative lawmaker Alec Shelbrooke said nominations for the new committee would open on Wednesday and close on Monday. There would then would be a vote on Monday afternoon and the new executive would be announced that evening.