Both pro and anti-Brexit lawmakers back ousting PM May - former Conservative chairman

Grant Shapps holds his mobile phone as he walks through the Parliamentary Estate as Britain's re-elected Prime Minister David Cameron names his new cabinet, in central London, Britain, May 11, 2015. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth /FIles

LONDON (Reuters) - Former Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps said on Friday that both supporters and opponents of Brexit were among the 30 lawmakers who back a plot to topple British Prime Minister Theresa May. Divisions over May's future burst into the open on Friday after her conference speech was ruined by a comedian, coughing fit and even letters falling off the slogans behind her on stage. Shapps told BBC radio that there was a broad range of lawmakers urging May to step down. "These are Remainers, they are Brexiteers. They would never automatically agree on a single candidate and this is not about promoting an individual," he said. (Reporting by Costas Pitas; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)