- The Conservatives failed to win 474 seats on the council.
- The Liberal Democrats will table the motion on Tuesday.
- Sunak calls weekend disappointing amid local polls.
After suffering a massive defeat in local elections, the UK's Liberal Democrats announced on Monday that they will table a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government, forcing the ruling party to call an election in June.
According bbc news As a result of the results, the ruling Conservative party failed to win 474 seats on the council. The Liberal Democrats also saw an increase in their share of power with 104.
Prime Minister Sunak told reporters on Monday: “Of course, this was a disappointing weekend for us, but the outcome of the next general election is not a foregone conclusion… the situation is closer than many people say or even some of the opinions Polls predict.”
“I am absolutely determined to fight incredibly hard for what I believe in and for the future country I want to build,” the 43-year-old said.
On the contrary, the defeat of the Conservatives triggered a national demand for general elections, as it had previously indicated that it intended to hold them in the second half of the year.
The ruling party could avoid the no-confidence vote as it currently has a majority in the lower house of parliament.
Reuters reported that the British government is not expected to give parliamentary time to debate confidence motions if they are tabled by opposition parties other than the Labor Party.
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey said in the statement that the party would table the motion on Tuesday.
“These local elections showed that the country is fed up with Rishi Sunak and his out-of-touch Conservative government,” Davey said.
Traditionally, governments that have lost a vote of confidence have resigned to make way for an alternative administration, or the prime minister has called for the monarch to be dissolved, triggering a national election.
The last time a vote of no confidence forced an election was in 1979, when Jim Callaghan, then Labor prime minister, lost the vote in parliament and called for a dissolution.
