Former British finance minister Rishi Sunak won the largest number of votes in the first round of voting to succeed Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader and prime minister, after two candidates were disqualified.
The exclusion of Hunt and Zahawi
Sunak received 88 votes, ahead of Benny Mordaunt, who received 67, and Liz Truss, who received 50. Finance Minister Nazim Al-Zahawi and former Minister Jeremy Hunt were excluded.
The Conservative Party announced yesterday that 8 of its deputies will compete for the seat of the outgoing British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, after obtaining the support of at least 20 of their colleagues.
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Rishi Sunak, Kimi Badenouch, Suella Braverman, Jeremy Hunt, Benny Mordaunt, Liz Truss, Tom Tugendhat and Nazim Zahawi participated in the first round of voting on Wednesday, with the final winner to be revealed on September 5th.
While the 1922 Committee, a parliamentary group of conservatives who are not in the lead and responsible for organizing within the party, the day before yesterday completed the process for choosing a new leader.
Ultimately, MPs control the two selection process, at which point about 200,000 Conservative Party members will have the right to vote.
final date
For their part, lawmakers in the 1922 Committee said July 21 was the actual deadline for the selection of the last nominees by Conservative lawmakers, coinciding with the start of the Commons summer recess.
The last two candidates are campaigning, and organizing election campaigns among Conservative Party members to win their votes. Members vote by mail.
It is noteworthy that Johnson announced his resignation last week, following the resignation of more than 50 ministers and government aides, in protest against his leadership, but he will continue to work until a new prime minister is elected in early September.