Eight candidates to run for Boris Johnson’s seat in the UK

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson He introduced his resignation as chief of the Conservative Get together.

Sir Graham Brady, Member of Parliament, Chairman of the 1922 Committee, which manages the management course of in the social gathering, acknowledged that 8 candidates will compete in the subsequent spherical because of the votes of the deputies to substitute Johnson.

8 candidates stood out

Brady introduced that the candidates who made it to the subsequent spherical with the assist of at the very least 20 lawmakers are Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman, Jeremy Hunt, Penny Mordaunt, Rishi Sunak, Tom Tugendhat, Liz Truss and Nadhim Zahawi.

The 8 candidates who handed at this time’s voting will take part in the first voting to be held at 15.30-17.30 tomorrow, and this time will compete for the votes of at the very least 30 deputies.

Prime Minister and social gathering chief to be elected

The following vote will happen on Thursday, with one other vote on Monday, July 18, to scale back the variety of candidates to two if wanted.

Then, round 160,000 Conservative Get together members nationwide will select the nation’s new prime minister and the social gathering’s new chief from amongst the final two candidates.

Thus, the new chief of the post-Johnson social gathering and the new resident of Prime Minister’s Residence Quantity 10 shall be introduced on September 5.

Former Well being Minister Javid withdraws from management race

On the different hand, shortly earlier than the Conservative Get together 1922 Committee Chairman Brady introduced the candidates, former Well being Minister Sajid Javid and MP Rehman Chishti introduced that they have been withdrawing from the management race.

Transport Minister Grant Shapps additionally introduced that he was withdrawing from the race throughout the day and acknowledged that he would assist Sunak, the former Finance Minister.