The MP for Barrow and Furness Simon Fell has faced criticism from Labour over his refusal to announce whether he voted for or against the Prime Minister.

All Conservative MPs placed a vote in a secret ballot over Boris Johnson's position as leader of the party and therefore as Prime Minister. 

While Mr Johnson won the vote and will remain leader of the Conservatives for another year, 41 per cent of MPs voted against him in a vote of confidence. 

However, despite some Conservative MPs announcing their letters of no confidence which triggered the vote, it is not known which way Mr Fell voted. 

Spokesman for Furness Young Labour Scott Salisbury said: "For all the fence sitting, it is clear that Simon Fell retains confidence in the PM.

"Putting his own political interests ahead of the views of his constituents, without even the decency or integrity to be open and transparent about his views." 

South Lakes MP Tim Farron said: "For Tory MPs to keep Boris Johnson shows they spend more time listening to each other than they do listening to the people in our communities." 

Mr Fell said he believed 'private ballots should remain private, but I have openly shared my views with my constituents over recent weeks.'

Mr Fell has previously been critical of the Government in the Sue Gray investigations into Partygate. 

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In a Tweet earlier today, Mr Fell said: "This has been a tough day. 

"I'm sure the result was closer than the PM would have liked but the fact is that he won and has a mandate to continue.

"The focus now must be delivery: on levelling up, cost of living, & Ukraine to name just three.