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| Justice Secretary David Gauke defeats no-confidence vote | Justice Secretary David Gauke defeats no-confidence vote |
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| Justice Secretary David Gauke has survived a no-confidence vote by his constituency Conservative Association. | Justice Secretary David Gauke has survived a no-confidence vote by his constituency Conservative Association. |
| The South West Hertfordshire MP opposes a no-deal Brexit. | |
| Political campaign group Leave.EU had tweeted it wanted to "claim our first cabinet scalp". | |
| The no-confidence motion was defeated 123 to 61. Mr Guake told the BBC's Today programme the vote had been "hanging over him" but he had been "pretty confident" he would win. | |
| "You never quite know who's going to turn up on the night so I'm very pleased to have won and won pretty comfortably," he said. | |
| 'Hell or high water' | |
| The closed meeting was held at Kings Langley Community Centre and lasted for more than two and a half hours. | The closed meeting was held at Kings Langley Community Centre and lasted for more than two and a half hours. |
| The justice secretary tweeted immediately after the result a "no deal would be immensely damaging to the UK" and told the Today programme that strictly enforcing a deadline for leaving the EU of 31 October would make a no-deal Brexit an "inevitable consequence". | |
| He said: "I think the position that Boris Johnson is setting out is that the position of the government is that we leave the EU by 31 October with or without a deal, come hell or high water. | |
| "I personally think we should try to avoid hell or high water, so I don't think I could serve [in the cabinet] in those circumstances." | |
| Mr Guake also called for his party to "be a broad church" and urged Conservative voters in support of a "pragmatic, moderate centre" to join the party. | |
| "There are plenty of people who are Conservative voters who want to ensure that the party is that broad church and I would say, don't just roll your eyes at what happens in the party, sign up," he added. | |
| Prior to the vote he received support from many of his cabinet colleagues, including Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd who tweeted: "Tonight's motion of no confidence in David Gauke is ludicrous. | Prior to the vote he received support from many of his cabinet colleagues, including Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd who tweeted: "Tonight's motion of no confidence in David Gauke is ludicrous. |
| "Rounding on colleagues in this way is the type of behaviour you'd expect from the hard left." | "Rounding on colleagues in this way is the type of behaviour you'd expect from the hard left." |
| Leave.EU replied to Ms Rudd saying: "Thanks for your feedback, Amber. You're next." | Leave.EU replied to Ms Rudd saying: "Thanks for your feedback, Amber. You're next." |
| Energy Minister Claire Perry tweeted that the Leave.EU "hit list ignores the fact that MPs like David have voted repeatedly for a firm EU exit - if other MPs had joined us rather than indulging in their Brexit fantasies we would be out by now". | |
| Pro-Remain Conservatives Phillip Lee and Dominic Grieve, the former attorney general, were subject to votes of no confidence from their local associations earlier this year. |