UK PM Johnson won confidence vote handsomely, time to move on - minister says

FILE PHOTO: British Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting on Downing Street, in London, Britain May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson won a confidence vote "handsomely" on Monday and it is time to draw a line under questions on his future, education minister Nadhim Zahawi said in the first reaction from the government to the vote.

Johnson won the vote 211 to 148, securing the support of 59% of his lawmakers, a lower share than his predecessor Theresa May managed in a 2018 confidence vote. She resigned less than six months later.