Amid Brexit Chaos, Theresa May's Government Survives Confidence Vote
Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the Labour Party, had called for the vote in Parliament after the resounding defeat of the Brexit deal that the prime minister had negotiated with the EU.
by Laurel Wamsley
Jan 16, 2019
2 minutes
Updated at 3:40 p.m. ET
British Prime Minister Theresa May survived a no-confidence vote in the House of Commons on Wednesday, a day after the stinging defeat there of her Brexit deal with the European Union.
In the vote, 325 lawmakers said they had confidence in May's government, while 306 voted that they did not.
While May withstood the
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