"Why don't you resign... We don't want you!" Theresa May heckled by Tory activist

A Tory heckler has called on the Prime Minister to quit.

Stuart Davies, a member of Clwyd South Conservatives, shouted at the Prime Minister to resign as she began a speech to Welsh Tories in Llangollen.

“Why don't you resign? The National Convention don't want you, we don't want you,” shouted Mr Davies, who described himself as a loyal Conservative.

Afterwards, he told journalists that Mrs May should resign “now”.

Prime Minister Theresa May at the Welsh Conservative party conference at Llangollen Pavilion (Aaron Chown/PA Wire)
Prime Minister Theresa May at the Welsh Conservative party conference at Llangollen Pavilion (Aaron Chown/PA Wire)

Mr Davies is a Tory veteran who once acted as Boris Johnson’s agent when he fought Clwyd South at the 1997 general election.

But he insisted his protest was “not about trying to get Johnson to replace May”.

The Press Association reported that some in the hall shouted “Out!” and called for Mr Davies to be removed.

Mrs May then drew laughter from the hall - and applause - as she told the conference: “It’s great to be back in North Wales again - I have to say my experience of North Wales is that everybody I meet here is friendly.”

The heckling came after disastrous local election results for the Tories.

Counting in the local government elections begins at Belfast City Hall, Northern Ireland, Friday May 3, 2019. Elections were held Thursday for more than 8,000 seats on 259 local authorities across England — although not in London — and Northern Ireland. (Rebecca Black/PA via AP)
Counting in the local government elections begins at Belfast City Hall, Northern Ireland, Friday May 3, 2019. Elections were held Thursday for more than 8,000 seats on 259 local authorities across England — although not in London — and Northern Ireland. (Rebecca Black/PA via AP)

With counting continuing, the Conservatives have lost more than 750 seats and 27 councils overall, in a backlash over Brexit.

Among the councils the Tories have lost control of include Peterborough, Basildon and St Albans.

Mrs May has already told Conservatives that she will step down as party leader, and that is likely to come into sharp focus when Westminster returns next week.

It was a bad night for Labour also, who have so far lost 80 seats.

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks to the media Friday May 3, 2019 as he celebrates the election result for Trafford Council with Labour Party activists at the Waterside Arts Centre, Manchester, England, following the voting in Thursday's English council elections. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks to the media Friday May 3, 2019 as he celebrates the election result for Trafford Council with Labour Party activists at the Waterside Arts Centre, Manchester, England, following the voting in Thursday's English council elections. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)

Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats have gained more than 450 seats and a poll by the BBC calculated that if last night’s results were replicated in a general election, both the Conservatives and Labour would get 28% of the total vote and the Lib Dems 19.

Other smaller parties did well also, including the Greens.

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