From now on, the succession of Boris Johnson is in the hands of the militants of the Conservative Party. Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are the two names chosen by the deputies of the Toriesthat left Penny Mordaunt, the candidate eliminated this Wednesday, in the last round of deputies, on the way.
In a quick glance at the results of the last vote, the Foreign Minister achieved what she had achieved the day before: she won more votes. Liz Truss obtained the support of 27 deputies more than the previous day, thus obtaining a total of 113 votes.
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Rishi Sunak, the minister responsible for finance in the Boris government and one of the first ministers to announce his resignation two weeks ago, got 19 more votes than in the previous vote, ending this round with 137 votes, the highest among the three. candidates. Mordaunt grew less. Despite the fact that several polls pointed to his name as a possible surprise of the day, he did not exceed 105 votes, 13 more than in the round held this Tuesday.
At this stage of the contest, which ended on Wednesday, the method was based on a filtering process, which eliminated the candidates with the fewest votes until only two remained. In addition to Penny Mordaunt, Kemi Badenoch, Nadhim Zahawi, Jeremy Hunt, Suella Braverman and Tom Tugendhat were on the way.
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From now on, anyone who has been in the Conservative Party for at least three months will be able to fill out the ballot that will have the two names selected this Tuesday. Boris’s successor is expected to be announced on September 5.
Source: Observadora
