this is bbc news. i'm babita sharma at westminster — where theresa may has survived a vote of confidence by a majority of 83. an attempt to remove the prime minister failed, but more than a third of her party failed to support her. the number of votes cast in favour of having confidence in theresa may was 200. and against was 117. minutes later, the prime minister emerged from number ten to give her response to the outcome. iam i am pleased to have received the backing of my colleagues into night's ballot. while i am grateful for that support, a significant number of colleagues did cast a vote against me and i have listened to what they said. meanwhile, there were were wildly divergent views on how good the result was for theresa may. this is a strong vote of support for

the prime minister. more mps supported her tonight and they did in the leadership contest in 2016. the prime minister must realise that an dog all constitutional norms you ought to go see the queen urgently and resign. good evening from westminster, where theresa may has survived a confidence vote among conservative mps. but her opponents say the margin of victory is not enough to remove the doubts about the prime minister's authority at such a critical point in the brexit process. 317 conservative mps were eligible to vote in the election. 200 voted in favour

the prime minister. ii7 voted against her. that's a majority of 83. before the vote, the prime minister had addressed conservative mps and signalled that she was not intending to lead the party into the next general election — which is meant to be in 2022. she insisted that the focus should be on her determination to deliver brexit. we'll be looking at the potential implications for the brexit process. first our political editor laura kuenssberg on the day the prime ministerfaced a vote of confidence on her party leadership. decision time. survival time. for a prime minister and a party twisted together in a years old fight. only the conservatives would do it like this behind those walls. a challenge in the morning, the rebels seen off before it's

time for bed. the result of the ballot held this evening is that the parliamentary party does have confidence. applause 200 of her mps wanted her to stay, ii7 wanted her to go. a clear result but a party an obvious conflict. no further confidence vote can take place for at least 12 months. despite the applause, what do the tories really have to celebrate beyond tonight? it was another lonely journey to the microphone in the last half hour. the prime minister had to promise she'd go in order to stay for now. this has been a long and challenging day but at the end of it i'm pleased to have received the backing of my colleagues in tonight's ballot. while i'm gratefulfor that support, a significant number of colleagues

did cast a vote against me and i've listened to what they said. following this ballot we now need to get on with the job of delivering brexit for the british people and building a betterfuture for this country. a brexit that delivers on the vote that people gave, that brings back control of our money, our borders and our laws, that protectsjobs, security and the union, that brings the country back together rather than entrenching division. that must start here in westminster with politicians on all sides coming together and acting in the national interest. so, here is our renewed mission. delivering the brexit that people voted for, bringing the country back together, and building a country that truly works for everyone. resilient but not inscrutable. this is not the end of this argument — or a triumph over

hearts and minds. i accept the result, of course, but the prime minister must realise that by all constitutional norms she ought to go and see the queen urgently and resigned. this has hardly been an ideal day for the conservative party but the party voted that she wants to stay and take us through brexit. not ideal, dreadful day for downing street, the podium on the move was a big sign something was up. early this morning it was clear she would fight to stay. i will contest that vote with everything i've got. weeks spent tearing ourselves apart will only create more division, just as we should be standing together to serve our country. none of that would be in the national interest. and i stand ready to finish the job. dozens of brexiteers wanted her out because of her compromise with the eu.

they just don't like it, hating it enough to try to get rid of the boss. she is effectively a prime minister who is drowning and angela merkel has been throwing buckets of water at her. because the prime minister is unwilling to move away from a deal which i don't think delivers brexit and i cannot support and i felt it was time for a new leader. we felt we were thrown out of the discussions and she started going on a different direction. the problem is now she has finished up with a deal that commenced so little support in the house of commons. the divisions in the tory party turned british politics into a tourist attraction, puzzling many of the public just watching on. i feel sorry for her. do you? ijust know what's going to happen. who is going to lead? they haven't got another leader. they are fighting amongst themselves, they need to get it sorted instead of fighting each other all the time. the prime minister sweeping down to parliament for one of the most

important days of her career. she has nine hours from now to persuade her colleagues that she is the person to lead the country and has earned the right to keep herjob. even today, of all days, the prime minister took her place at the dispatch box. was parliament even thriving on the chaos as she argued for the right to stay. we all know a group of people that don't want to find a constructive solution is the labour party front bench! members call out "hear, hear". that is what we see on the other side of the chamber. no plan, no clue, no brexit. members call out "hear, hear". whatever happens with her conservative leadership vote today, it is utterly irrelevant to the lives of people across our country. will she now put this deal before parliament and halt this escalating crisis, which is so damaging to the lives of so many people in this country? this government is a farce. the tory party is in chaos, the prime minister is a disgrace with her actions.

the reality is that people across scotland and the uk are seeing this today. prime minister, take responsibility, do the right thing, resign. tellingly, none of those who want her gone got to their feet. rebukes for them, may be an early sign they wouldn't get their way. one of my constituents has written to me to say the prime minister has done a terrificjob in trying circumstances, the head—bangers from all sides and the soup line attitude of the labour party meant she has had an impossiblejob but she has done so well. will she win? the circus outside parliament for once starred royal characters. all of the alternatives risk derailing brexit, or risk uncertainty and chaos. i think by voting for the prime minister, we can ensure that we have a united government ready to deliver. but this is chaos. no. this isn't chaos? no. when we leave here in the evenings,

we are stepping over bodies in the tube station and yet all of our energies are being sucked up with brexit and now an internal row. the prime minister might have won, the divisions and bitterness are right out there. listen to how her chancellor talked about some of her colleagues. i think this vote will flush out the extremists who are trying to advance a particular agenda. but a win is not the same as a true victory. survival not the same as succeeding. another tory prime minister's leadership fractured if not broken by a decades—old dispute of the party's own. political editor laura kuenssberg they're wrapping up what has been a dramatic day in westminster. theresa may surviving, 37% of the party voted against. 117 mps. they divided

conservative party. she now makes an effort to head to brussels in the morning and go forward in trying to pursue that brexit deal. we will have more on that in the moment. first we will talk more about that vote. with me is the ministerfor housing, communities and local government, james brokenshire. welcome to the programme. thank you for being with us. you are a supporter of theresa may. for being with us. you are a supporter of theresa maylj for being with us. you are a supporter of theresa may. i think tonight has allowed the prime minister to move forward with that vote of confidence behind her, so she is able to go to our european partners to seek be further assurances and clarifications so that we are able to get that bill through parliament behind us, to get the vote that we need, and therefore to deliver on this brexit deal for the country and allow us than to focus on the other priorities of schools, hospitals, homes and communities, which is what my brief is and what people want to see us deliver on. we can't quite talk

about that just yet, of course, because everyone is taking stock of what has happened in the last few hours. let us have a conversation. she did not get a resounding vote of no—confidence. it is still a divided party. how significant are you think it is that 117 mp5 party. how significant are you think it is that 117 mps voted against? there has been a clear showing of support for the prime minister tonight. but, yes, there have been a significant number of people who have not voted for the prime minister. we know that we need to redouble our efforts in working with colleagues. as the prime minister has underlined again tonight, on that need to listen, to act, and respond to a number of these concerns over, for example, the insurance policy on the open border between northern ireland and ireland, which is obviously raised a number of issues of concern will stop we need to do without, respond to that, as well as working with our collea g u es to that, as well as working with our colleagues in the dup on that.|j wa nt colleagues in the dup on that.” wa nt to colleagues in the dup on that.” want to ask you. you are privy to the conversations being had before the conversations being had before the vote was cast, from the prime

minister herself, trying to continue to get the support that she needed isa to get the support that she needed is a desperately this evening. there we re is a desperately this evening. there were concessions she made saying she will not stand in the 2022 election. how much has that so too weaken the position going forward? the prime minister has always said that she will serve for as long as the party wa nted will serve for as long as the party wanted her to serve. that is something she has reaffirmed tonight. had she wanted to deliver through —— how she wanted to deliver through —— how she wanted to deliver through the next general election, how she wanted to respond to the mistake she felt she made... vote for me to night and i will not be here tomorrow, that was part of the deal. it comes down to that sense of servers that underpins, i suppose, the prime minister's credo, public service, service to party. sheet how she will only serve for as long as the party wants to serve —— how she will only serve. how she wants to

deliver on brexit. she wants to deliver on brexit. she wants to deliver for our country on these issues and a country that works for everyone, as she said in downing street again tonight. and how the boat now allows her to do that, allows her to move forward with the assurances that are required from our european partners, but also one that domestic agenda, clearly continuing to serve for as long as the party wanted to serve —— vote. how do you feel about the conservative party? are you proud of how it has behaved in it? this has no doubt been a difficult time for us. it is never comfortable, it is never pleasant when colleagues are in this type of situation. i think it is important is that there is that time for reflection, a period of calm, and a period for colleagues to continue to talk and work with each other, because that is the way we needed to approach this in the days ahead, how we need to continue to listen to the concerns that have been expressed in relation to the brexit deal, to make sure that we

can get that to happen in the best interests of our country. because thatis interests of our country. because that is what people want us to do. to move on. to ensure that we get this brexit deal through so we can concentrate on all those other domestic priorities that the people wa nt to domestic priorities that the people want to see us to deliver on. some people want that, some people don't. thank you very much. you have been doing the round of media interviews in the cold. it is certainly biting us now. in the cold. it is certainly biting us now. thank you for being with us. james brokenshire there. as james was just saying, the focus will be on the prime minister as she makes her way to brussels in the morning. just to give you a line of information coming to us from adam fleming, our brussels correspondent, giving word about what is going on in terms of the minds of eu leaders, we are hearing that they are considering a commitment to continue negotiating a trade deal with the uk, even if, we are being told, the irish backstop comes into force, proved that they wanted to be temporary. so reassuring words, perhaps, for theresa may as she

pushes ahead with her deal, brexit, of course, her plan that has been quite a of course, her plan that has been quitea pain, of course, her plan that has been quite a pain, a thorn in her side, with many here say in that that has been the centre of a loss of the divisiveness surrounding today's vote. naomi grimley is with us. our correspondent who has been following this for a number of hours. we now look at how easily the route is for her ahead when she now goes to brussels in the morning. it is the easy. as you mentioned, they might give her some kind of reassurance. -- it is give her some kind of reassurance. —— it is not so easy. some word that this irish backstop will not be in permanent existence, that the uk will not be locked, if you like, into the regular treat orbit of the eu. will it be enough? i do think so. what we have lured tonight is

that the rebels in her own party are determined and there are more of them that we originally thought. 100 and 17 is certainly more than we we re and 17 is certainly more than we were hearing rumours aboutjust for the vote. people looking in on this who are not directly involved in the brexit process, not necessarily living in britain and part of this are thinking what is going on, how do they sort this out? that is a layman looking in on this, let alone the prime minister thinking about what her next course of action is. having said that, are we back to square one now? we are, because she needs to get this comprised brexit agreement through houses of parliament. she has tried to put this off untiljanuary, doesn't have to get this through until the 21st of january, but nonetheless, to get this through until the 21st ofjanuary, but nonetheless, it still requires the arithmetic inside the house of commons to be in her favour. there is certainly no sign at the moment that that is swinging her way. she could,

at the moment that that is swinging herway. she could, of at the moment that that is swinging her way. she could, of course, face a vote of no confidence if the opposition get its act together. there are certainly more obstacles along the way before we get to the end of march. very quickly before i let you go, what did you think of the speech that theresa may gave, following the result that came through? in some ways, it is speech we are used to hearing from her. she says she is in listening mode, but is nonetheless ploughing on... she looked relieved, but tired. relieved, but tired, she has got to get on a train tomorrow and get to brussels. some people say they admire her resilience but a lot of critics within her party will each is not in listening mode and she will continue down a route that they think is the wrong one. thank you very much. more from you coming up a little later. we are now looking ahead to the morning and what will happen for theresa may when she arrived in brussels. what?

0ur deputy political editor john pienaar considers what's next for brexit after the result of tonight's confidence vote. they've been demonstrating here for months, rain or shine, for or against brexit, obsessed, maybe. but they are also right to feel brexit is the biggest issue facing britain in decades. bigger than tonight's decision to keep on and not sack theresa may. it's still herjob to try somehow to break their brexit deadlock and tonight the vote was never going to make that easier. theresa may is still facing a deeply divided house of commons, party and cabinet. still struggling to win over brexiteers who fear that the brexit plan could leave the uk trapped inside european union rules indefinitely. some of them sit in cabinet, two walked out since this was filmed and more are potential leadership candidates and today, one brexiteer warned a new deal brexit was still possible and mrs may presumably another leader have to get concessions under brussels or else. it's very difficult to support

the deal if we don't get changes to the backstop, i don't think it'll get through, i'm not sure the cabinet will agree for it to be put to the house of commons. among the cabinet's former remainers, some would support a softer brexit with closer eu links than mrs may's. but they're not saying that. they are saying they would fight against leaving without a deal and the commons would not wear it. you've been clear, in your view, thinking new deal brexit is not a runner? i have been clear that the house of commons will stop no deal, the fact that i think it'll stop the deal does not mean we should not continue preparations just in case and some people pointed out it could nevertheless happen, but i think no deal would be a bad outcome for the country. i believe house of commons will assert itself and stop it. so far, there is no sign of european leaders agreeing at tomorrow's eu

summit that britain could leave the eu on its own time and own terms, and berlin today the german leaders spoke plainly. "we have no intention of changing the exit agreement," merkel said. today, mrs may warned that any leader would be short of time. the brexit timetable is tight after tomorrow's summit. in the new year before january 21st, the delayed meaningful vote in the comments is due, if the government is defeated it must report back on its plans for the next steps within 21 days. but any deal must also be approved by the european parliament before it takes effect. then at 11pm on march 29, the uk is due to leave the eu. but the prime minister and her deal are still facing defeat by mps. no—one can yet rule out a brexit tied closely to the eu or a fresh referendum. and however long theresa may has left in office, the biggest question of all, what is britain's future still hangs in the air. our business editor simon jack

who is at the city of london says not much has changed for businesses. business groups are calling this, my favourite line from the many, as a chaotic d2. it does feel a bit like you are in a car chase and the lead car has gone through 0bama, lots of chickens come out through the window squawking and then you get back onto the road only to find out the car that was chasing you is still chasing you. we are, as adams said, essentially where we were at the beginning of this week, with a deal on the table that nobody thinks like enough to get through parliament. that is causing great concern nation for business, she has kicked the vote for that deal into the new year, that is when the pound began to wobble. funnily enough, today as the markets were taking mps at their word and she was going to win this, the pound started to recover. very famous adage in this part of the city, which is by the rumour and

sell the news. there is a growing realisation that as you said, chaotic d2 but we are back on the same road we were on before and businesses say they are tearing their hair out, very hard to plan, those who can are letting inventories eal, some are managing cash flows and getting licences in order because all of them are saying that by the time we get to this boat before january 21, if it even happens there, that will be very much in what one supermarket executive said was squeaky bum time, channelling sir alex ferguson there. they are going to have to determine which supply will have to be robust to get through a detail —— deal. we are back on the road we were on, it is not a scenic tour, something that the businesses are finding almost impossible to plan for. interesting to note that before this vote was held the pound dropped and investors will be looking to see how the ftse100 opens in the morning as well. go back to how the prime

minister earlier urged mps today to think of the voters and what they would make of today's developments, our political correspondent alex forsyth has been to market harbour in leicestershire, where 51% of people voted league. —— leave. she asked voters for their reaction to today's events at westminster. six and three, 63. it wasn't just the bingo numbers being watched at market harborough's conservative club tonight. all eyes were on the figures dictating theresa may's fate too. i'm really pleased for her because i think she really deserves to be given a chance. i think she's had some real hard press. i'm disappointed. i think she's got us into an awful mess. when members gathered for their christmas dinner before the vote, talk was of how the tory party has handled brexit so far. jim's a long—term conservative supporter. he voted remain but accepts the referendum result. just not what's happened since. for the last two and a half years,

they've done nothing but back bite, argue with one another. brexit—backing mick said the prime minister has been part of the problem. i thought she'd be a maggie, a bit stronger, but she ain't. do you still think brexit‘s going to happen? i don't know, i don't know. but for sylvia, who supported the tories for almost 60 years, it's time the party rallied around the leadership. it's going to be tough and all we can do is accept what she can achieve for us and make the best of a bad job. in market harborough, the referendum result almost mirrored the national picture. it backed leave, but onlyjust. earlier today, people here said it was time those in westminster improved their approach to brexit, although there is still division about the way ahead. just get it done and get out. pauline's been a barber

here for eight years. at the end of the day people want out, whether we like it, you like it, that's the opinion of the country. what do you think about the idea of another vote? no, no. but her colleague, 0llie, says what the prime minister negotiated should be put to the public, notjust politicians. i think we should take her deal to the public and say, second referendum, remain, go back to pre—2016, or have theresa may's deal and let the public decide from there. i don't think it should be left to those guys down at westminster because i think they've proven over the last 18 months and they don't get stuff done. how ever you cut it, tonight's result won't quieten all the critics or shut down this debate. instead there are more questions about where it's headed next. alex forsyth, bbc news, market harborough. you are watching bbc news. stay with us. plenty to come here live at westminster. we will see you soon.

and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers. stay with us for that. now it's time for the weather with louise lear. hello there. it has been a quieter, but colder week so far. that is also translating into less rain, more in the way of sunshine and noticed a beautiful sunset pictures we have had sent in. one of the reasons, down to the jet stream, a weaker, undulating jet at the moment which is actually splitting into two, one moving off to iberia, the next wrapping its way all around scandinavia and here there is an area of high pressure and it is this high pressure that is influencing the story across the uk. it is blocking these were the funds from

moving in from the atlantique, killing them off and producing cloud and showery bits of rain. that'll be the story to thursday, some drizzle into the south—west and northern ireland and western scotland, elsewhere, cloud broken, sunny spells and risk south—easterly wind and at this time of year, the south—easterly is a cold sauce and that will make it feel quite chilly out there. your thermometer may well say 4— seven degrees, but at this time of year we are factoring in the fields like potential. you could feel much colder out there. as we go to thursday night into friday, the isobars open up, the windfall is lighter and we could see a more significant frost across the country. all the time, those fronts they need the atlantic, that is where the mild eric is and we are under the influence of this core, south—easterly. a crisp start, and i start to friday, dry and predominantly sunni, not add. with a light wind it might feel better but we still have that front pushing into northern ireland aching more of

an impression now. top temperatures on friday 3— six degrees, it starts to get interesting friday into saturday as that front and into the cold airfora time saturday as that front and into the cold airfor a time we saturday as that front and into the cold air for a time we could see some snow. you will need to keep abreast of the forecast, the detail could change but there is a potential certainly for scotland and northern ireland, parts of northern england and the high ground of north wales to see snow. chiefly higher ground but maybe even at low levels for a time. the rain arriving in the south—east at the end of the day on saturday but behind it, milder conditions. it will get a bit tricky and interesting as a move into the weekend, that frontal system pushes out of the way it was the potentially start of sunday with some snow lingering. mostly to the far north and again, chiefly to higher ground. if you wake up to a covering of snow, we don't expect it to last because the milder air is coming through and that will melt the snow away pretty rapidly. all change by sunday, clearing off, dry,

sunny and noticeably milder for all. pleased to say monday is a little bit quieter, quite a lot of cloud but we should see double figures for many. then, further ahead, again we need to look back at what is happening out in the atlantic. we could see potential for a significant level of low pressure, the isobars squeezed together so we see a return to wet and windy weather and that is because the jet strea m weather and that is because the jet stream is strengthening a little stop it we have lost that undulation. directly across the uk and that will drive in these wet and windy areas of low pressure from the atlantic. so, as we head towards the holiday christmas period, if you we re holiday christmas period, if you were hoping for a white christmas, i am afraid you'll have to look out because we could be heading for something a bit milder, waiter and windy. a lot to play for in the weather, certainly this weekend we need to keep abreast of the forecast.