The confidence vote is not
binding on Mr Corbyn to stand down as Labour leader but will pile further
pressure on him after more than 40 members of his shadow cabinet and
ministerial team resigned over the weekend and on Monday.
Jeremy Corbyn has lost a no
confidence motion with more than 80% of MPs voting against him.
A total of 172 MPs voted
for the motion with 40 MPs voting against with a turnout of 95%.
Sky's Faisal Islam said
that there was a rush at the end of the voting period with several of Mr
Corbyn's supporters registering their vote in the House of Commons in a bid to
send a message that he will run in a leadership election if challenged.
The channel's senior
political correspondent Sophy Ridge says she understands former shadow business
secretary Angela Eagle is likely to stand against Mr Corbyn but is waiting
until tomorrow in case there are any other developments.
Islam said the MPs who
voted against him are gambling that the huge majority Mr Corbyn received during
the last leadership election will not be there following the UK's vote to leave
the EU.
He said: "For many, he
didn't do enough in this European referendum.... His ambivalence, his lack of
enthusiasm for the European union helped create among a certain Labour voter a
bit of confusion ... and that has motivated a move like this.
"The bigger point is
the prospect of a Boris Johnson-led Conservative Party and the possibility of a
general election has fired the parliamentary Labour Party into action.
"They have laid down
the gauntlet now to the membership and the calculation comes down to this - has
the Labour membership changed."
Mr Corbyn responded quickly
with a statement that said: "I was democratically elected leader of our
party for a new kind of politics by 60% of Labour members and supporters, and I
will not betray them by resigning.
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