FOLLOWING the vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Theresa May’s leadership of the Conservative Party, the Post area’s MPs have spoken out.

On Wednesday, December 12, a vote of no confidence was held in parliament over Mrs May’s leadership of the Conservative Party. She won by 200 votes to 117 — winning with a margin of 83 votes with 63% of Conservative MPs backing her.

Taking to Twitter to show his support for the Mrs May hours before the vote was undertaken, MP for Torridge and West Devon Geoffrey Cox said: “I shall be supporting the Prime Minister this evening. This is no time for the self indulgent spasm of a leadership election. Nothing fundamental will be altered by it. This is a time to show loyalty and discipline in supporting the PM in discharging the duties of government.”

The day after, a spokesperson from Mr Cox’s office added: “Geoffrey tweeted his support for the Prime Minister and believes the result of the yesterday evening’s vote was the best outcome which was in the interest of the country”.

However, MP for North Cornwall Scott Mann expressed his concern over certain aspects of the Brexit deal: “We are a democratic party and I support and respect the result of the confidence vote.

“However, I continue to have serious concerns about several elements of the Draft Withdrawal Agreement.

“I believe that in an effort to unify the party and parliament the Prime Minister must negotiate either a removal of the backstop entirely, or a legally binding provision must be written in to the text which includes an acceptable end date.

“If the European Union is serious about a deal then they must re-open the agreement, and support the Prime Minister’s request for changes to the backstop.”

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