Latest: May vows to ‘get on with the job’ after seeing off bid to oust her as PM

Theresa May has seen off an attempt by rebel backbenchers to oust her as Conservative leader and Prime Minister.

Latest: Theresa May has urged her party to “come together” after seeing off an attempt by rebel backbenchers to oust her as Conservative leader and Prime Minister.

The British Prime Minister won a confidence vote of the 317 Conservative MPs by a margin of 200 to 117 in a secret ballot at Westminster.