Hoping to trigger an election that it thinks it can win, the opposition Labour Party called for a motion of no confidence in the government, which it survived as Tory rebels returned to the fold.

反对党工党（Labour Party）希望能触发一场其认为能够胜出的大选，因此要求对政府发起不信任动议。随着保守党的“叛变”议员重新加入该党，保守党挺了过来。