Theresa May has survived an attempt by her own MPs to oust her but emerged deeply wounded by a result that puts her own future and Brexit itself in doubt.

The Prime Minister won a confidence vote by 200 to 117, meaning that more than a third of her MPs and well over half of her backbenchers said they wanted her gone.

The result leaves the Conservative Party more divided than ever, with the vote breaking down largely along Leave and Remain lines.

The result will make it harder than ever for Mrs May to get her Brexit deal through Parliament, as it suggests that more than 400 MPs would vote against it if it was put before the Commons.

Mrs May, who promised not to fight another election in a desperate last-ditch bid to win votes, had to rely on the support of Remain-backing MPs to stay in office, giving them leverage to press her to soften her deal.

Of those MPs who publicly declared their intention to back Mrs May before the vote, 131 had backed Remain in the 2016 referendum, while only 31 voted Leave.