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    What To Know About The No-Confidence Vote Facing British Prime Minister Theresa May

    Britain's prime minister faces a no-confidence vote in Parliament on Wednesday evening. Why do members of her own party want to sack her?
    by Frank Langfitt Dec 12, 2018 3 minutes
    Anti-Brexit campaigners wave the Union Jack and European Union flags outside the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday.

    The United Kingdom is embroiled in its biggest political crisis in decades. On Wednesday evening, members of Parliament in Prime Minister Theresa May's own Conservative Party are casting ballots in a no-confidence vote over her leadership. May needs to win a simple majority of votes from her party's parliamentarians to keep her job.

    Here's what you need to know.

    Why do members of the prime minister's own party want to sack her?

    The ballot, which could topple the prime minister, comes two days after May canceled

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