Conservative MPs will vote on Boris Johnson’s leadership.

In the aftermath of the Partygate scandal, Conservative MPs will decide whether to remove Boris Johnson from office.

Hundreds of Conservative MPs have written to party leaders demanding that the Prime Minister resign.

Backbenchers’ rage has grown since Sue Gray’s official report into lockdown parties in No 10 was published last month.

Cabinet ministers have rallied behind Mr Johnson ahead of the election.

If the majority of Tory MPs vote against him, he will be removed from office and a leadership election will be held to replace him as Tory leader and Prime Minister.

Assuming that every Conservative MP votes and no one abstains, that totals 180.

The vote will take place in Parliament between 18.00 and 20.00 BST, and the outcome will be announced shortly after. During a private address to his backbenchers this afternoon, Mr Johnson will try to rally support before the election.

The confirmation of a no-confidence vote comes after more than a week of speculation about the PM’s future following the publication of Ms Gray’s report.

An interim version of the report, published in January, prompted a small number of Tory MPs to call on Mr Johnson to resign.

However, the full version, which revealed the extent of Covid’s rule-breaking in No 10, has renewed calls within the party for him to resign.

There has also been discontent within the party about tax increases and the government’s response.