Breaking: Congleton MP Fiona Bruce declines to comment on confidence vote for Boris 

Cheshire East Council leader and Labour councillor, Cllr Sam Corcoran, has called on Congleton MP, Fiona Bruce, to back a move to remove Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, from office.

Cllr Corcoran, Leader of Cheshire East's Labour Group and a Cheshire East Councillor for Sandbach Heath & East (a seat he won for Labour defeating a sitting Conservative councillor) says Boris must go.

He said: "Boris is the first Prime Minister ever to be found guilty of breaking the law whilst in office – and it was a law that he made.

"Boris Johnson has been sacked twice for lying and he has lost the confidence of the nation.

"Having a Prime Minister who is clearly untrustworthy is damaging to the reputation of all politicians and to Britain's reputation across the world.

Cheshire East leader, Cllr Sam Corcoran.

"For the good of the country he needs to be removed from office.

"I expect my MP to speak out to uphold high standards of integrity and ensure that Boris Johnson ceases to be Prime Minister of this country."

His comments come after Congleton MP, Fiona Bruce, whose constituency covers Sandbach and Alsager, today refused to comment about Boris facing a vote of no confidence in his leadership.

Fiona Bruce MP said: "Thank you and on this occasion I reserve my right not to comment."

"...on this occasion I reserve my right not to comment" - Fiona Bruce MP

Her comments come after it was revealed Boris Johnson will face a possible vote of confidence in his leadership as MPs return to Westminster today after the half-term break.

Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 Committee, has announced that the 54-letter threshold has now been reached. 

The threshold of 15 per cent - or 54 Conservative MPs or more - has been reached to trigger a vote of no confidence in the PM.

A ballot will be held between 6pm and 8pm this evening, Monday (June 6). The votes will be counted immediately and an announcement will be made at a time to be advised with more details to be released later today.

If Johnson survives the vote of confidence there will be a period of a year before another ballot could be held.

To stay in office, Johnson needs to win the support of at least 50% of all Tory MPs plus one, totalling 180.

If he does win he is theoretically safe from such a challenge for a year – although the rules can be changed - yet if even if the 58-year-old Eton-educated PM does win commentators believe that his leadership could still be threatened given what happened to previous incumbent Theresa May.

Previous MP May won the ballot quite comfortably but rebels eventually forced her out of office within six months.

Further back, John Major faced a vote of no confidence in the mid 1990s - but despite winning, he was routed at the 1997 General Election.

The procedure means the PM was advised of the situation yesterday. It is a believed that a number of Tory MPs asked that the news would be released after the Queen's Platinum Jubilee weekend.