Former Treasury Secretary Rishi Sunak was the candidate with the most votes in the first stage of the process to choose Boris Johnson’s successor. Two out of eight applicants have been disqualified for not achieving the minimum of 30 supports to make the round.
The first round of voting to choose the successor of Boris Johnson as the British Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader has concluded with the former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak as the most voted candidate.
The Conservative Party presented the final list of the eight names who choose to succeed Johnson, a process where the candidates with the least support in the consecutive votes are left out until there are two contenders.
In this first round of voting two candidates have already been excluded, who failed to collect the 30 minimum supports to make the round. These are former health minister Jeremy Hunt and whoever was responsible for the financial portfolio Nadhim Zahawi, according to the British radio and television BBC.
For example, Sunak led by 88 votes in this first vote in which the United Kingdom Secretary of State for Trade, Penny Mordauntone of the highest rated according to the polls, is in second place with 67 votes.
Behind them stands the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Liz Truss, with 50 votes; the former Minister of Equality, Kemi Badenoch, with 40 votes; the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons, Tom Tugendhat, with 37 votes; and the Attorney General Suella Bravermanwho collected 32 supports.
Once the shortlist has been narrowed down to two candidates, the next ‘tory’ leader and thus the country’s prime minister will come out of a more comprehensive vote eventually conducted by post and in which members of the British Conservative Party will take part.
The still-acting Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, was forced to resign on the 7th after more than 50 members of his executive resigned in protest at his management and the scandals that characterized his leadership, such as the parties at the official residence. 10 Downing Street during the pandemic.
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Source: EITB
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