Boris Johnson vote of no confidence: Simon Clarke and Jacob Young defend Prime Minister

MP for Redcar and Cleveland, Jacob Young, has announced that he will be supporting the Prime Minister tonight and he has his “full confidence.”

Mr Young has pointed towards the PM’s decisions on Brexit, Covid and support for Ukraine in his statement, as well as his belief that Boris “cares about Teesside, I believe, more than any prime minsters has in history.”

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He added: “He has supported us all the way with investment in our town centres, in bringing the civil service jobs to Darlo and in creating the UKs largest Freeport right here.

Boris has my full confidence.

Never in my lifetime have we had a Prime Minister who has faced so much adversity and has got the big calls right.

From Brexit to Covid to support for Ukraine.

Boris has steered the ship. #BackBoris pic.twitter.com/Pjfsi9YL0w

— Jacob Young MP (@JacobYoungMP) June 6, 2022

Meanwhile, MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Simon Clarke, also put his support by Boris saying that he “delivered Brexit” and delivered “the fastest vaccine roll-out.”

In a longer statement on his Twitter, Mr Clarke said the PM had shown “real leadership both to restore our freedoms last summer and to prevent lockdown last Christmas with omicron.”

The MP also pointed out that Johnson had “spearheaded the west’s response to Russia’s attack on Ukraine, providing weapons and strong moral support.”

I will be voting confidence in our Prime Minister @BorisJohnson. He honoured the wishes of the British people and delivered Brexit when no other major politician would or could have. Since then he has led us through Covid, delivering the fastest vaccine roll-out (1/5) pic.twitter.com/Cf0BaGysxS

— Simon Clarke MP (@SimonClarkeMP) June 6, 2022

He added: “He has won every major election he has fought because he is a politician with the capacity both to inspire and to deliver.

“With Covid overcome, we have over two years to return to our core moral and economic mission of levelling up life chances across the UK.”

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Both Simon Clarke and Jacob Young decided not to offer up any comments to The Northern Echo when asked to do so this morning.

The PM will face a vote of no confidence tonight between 6pm and 8pm tonight, the result of which will be announced soon after.

Sir Graham, head of the 1922 Committee, announced in a statement that the threshhold for a vote of no confidence had been "exceeded."

He added: "The threshold of 15% of the parliamentary party seeking a vote of confidence in the leader of the Conservative Party has been exceeded.

“In accordance with the rules, a ballot will be held between 1800 and 2000 TODAY MONDAY 6th JUNE — details to be confirmed.

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“The votes will be counted immediately afterwards. An announcement will be made at a time to be advised. Arrangements for the announcement will be released later today.”

The Northern Echo has approached other Conservative MPs in the North East and North Yorkshire for comment.

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