The Latest: UK lawmakers overwhelmingly back June election
LONDON — The Latest on the British prime minister’s decision to seek an early election (all times local):
2:45 p.m.
British lawmakers have voted by a resounding 522 to 13 to back Prime Minister Theresa May’s call for a national election on June 8.
The result easily surpasses the two-thirds majority of the 650 lawmakers needed to trigger an early vote. There were also a number of abstentions.