How do elections work in this country...

[winjim]

Where on earth do you get the 2/3 idea from.

Conservative party rule for Leader:
How does a no-confidence vote work?

Once a confidence vote is triggered, a secret ballot of all Conservative MPs is held, normally over a single day. If the party leader wins the vote (by securing more than 50 per cent) they remain in office and are rewarded with a year’s immunity. If they lose, they are forced to resign and are barred from standing in the leadership election that follows.

Government:

Parliamentary convention:

If a government wins a confidence motion they are able to remain in office. If a confidence motion is lost then the Government is obliged to resign or seek a dissolution of Parliament and call a General Election. Although this is a convention, prior to the 2011 Fixed-term Parliaments Act there was no law which requires that the Government resign or call a General Election. Modern practice shows dissolution rather than resignation to be the result of a defeat. The government is only obliged to resign if it loses a confidence vote, although a significant defeat on a major issue may lead to a confidence motion.

Maybe that was under fixed term parliament act. Is it simple majority now? In any case if the opposition call it then it's likely to fail.

Internal Tory party VONC is a different thing.

 

[PK99]

Maybe that was under fixed term parliament act. Is it simple majority now? In any case if the opposition call it then it's likely to fail.

Internal Tory party VONC is a different thing.

Fixed term act was a Lib Dem Red Line demand on day 1 of Coalition negotiations - to avoid a snap election at the PMs choosing.
It required a super majority for an election to be called.

In practice, the Parliamentary Convention would still have been followed and no-confidence Simple Majority would have been followed by a formal vote on calling an election.