o ▁affair . ▁ 2 6 ▁other ▁Conserv atives ▁ab st ained , ▁which ▁reduced ▁the ▁Government ' s ▁majority ▁to ▁ 6 9 ; ▁Johnson ▁was ▁much ▁taken ▁by ▁his ▁friend ▁and ▁fellow ▁Conserv ative ▁MP ▁Henry ▁Ker by ' s ▁pointing ▁out ▁the ▁sexual ▁con not ations ▁of ▁the ▁number , ▁later ▁comment ing ▁" I ▁am ▁not ▁sure ▁what ▁the ▁late ▁Professor ▁Jung ▁would ▁have ▁made ▁of ▁this ▁one ". ▁ ▁Out side ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁Commons , ▁Johnson ▁declared ▁that ▁he ▁could ▁not ▁possibly ▁fight ▁his ▁constitu ency ▁if ▁Mac mill an ▁remained ▁as ▁Prime ▁Minister , ▁and ▁later ▁called ▁for ▁Lord ▁Home ▁to ▁take ▁over ▁the ▁premi ership . ▁ ▁This ▁demonstr ation ▁of ▁dis loy alty ▁was ▁badly ▁received ▁by ▁the ▁executive ▁of ▁Carl is le ▁Conserv ative ▁Association , ▁who ▁voted ▁to ▁begin ▁to ▁select ▁a ▁different ▁candidate . ▁Although ▁Mac mill an ▁did ▁res ign ▁and ▁Home ▁was ▁appointed ▁as ▁his ▁successor , ▁Johnson ▁declared ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁considering ▁res ign ing ▁his ▁seat , ▁because ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁" shot ▁out ▁as ▁if ▁I ▁were ▁an ▁office ▁boy "; ▁however ▁he ▁admitted ▁that ▁friends ▁in ▁Parliament ▁were ▁ur ging ▁him ▁to ▁stay . ▁When ▁the ▁Association ▁called ▁a ▁meeting ▁to ▁discuss ▁his ▁candid ature ▁for ▁ 3 0 ▁December , ▁Johnson ▁declared ▁that ▁he ▁wanted ▁the ▁press ▁admitted . ▁They ▁were ▁admitted , ▁and ▁at ▁the ▁end , ▁the ▁executive ' s ▁vote ▁of ▁no ▁confidence ▁in ▁Johnson ▁was ▁u ph eld ▁by ▁