what was the vote to oust speaker

According to the search results, the vote to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy took place on October 3, 2023. The vote was on a "motion to vacate" and was initiated by Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida, who drew together more than a handful of conservative Republican critics of the speaker and many Democrats who say he is unworthy of leadership. The vote was conducted by sitting on the House floor and rising one by one in an alphabetical roll-call conducted by the clerk. The vote was in two parts: a vote to declare the office of speaker vacant ("yea") and a vote to keep McCarthy in his job ("nay") . All 208 Democrats in attendance voted against McCarthy, and eight House Republicans voted to oust him. The final tally was 216-210 in favor of the motion to vacate, and the office of the speaker was declared vacant. Representative Patrick McHenry of North Carolina was named interim speaker under a law passed after the Sept. 11 attacks in the event of a vacancy in the office.