July 12 () –
The British Conservative Party closed the registration period on Tuesday to succeed Boris Johnson as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the party, a process to which eight candidates have finally applied.
Among the most prominent names is the former Minister of Equality Kemi Badenoch, the Attorney General Suella Braverman, the former Minister of Health Jeremy Hunt, or the president of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Commons, Tom Tugendhat.
Along with these names, other more popular ones have also finally been registered, such as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Liz Truss; former Treasury Ministers Rishi Sunak and Nadhim Zahawi; and the UK Secretary of State for Trade, Penny Mordaunt.
The president of the conservative parliamentary group, Graham Brady, has confirmed the names of the candidates, who will be put to the vote this Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. (local time).
Along with these eight candidates, three others had managed to obtain the minimum support of 20 parliamentarians, although they have finally chosen to withdraw from the electoral race to succeed Johnson, as reported by the British newspaper ‘The Guardian’.
These other three candidates are: the conservative deputy Rehman Chishti; Transport Minister Grant Shapps; and the former Minister of Health Sajid Javid. In fact, Javid had been one of the most active applicants in recent days, promising the reduction of taxes on fuels and millionaire aid in energy matters.
With the list of candidates already closed, the demographic company Opinium has prepared a survey that shows that Sunak and Truss are the candidates who would receive the most support from the British population, with 28 and 20 percent of the support, respectively.
The Conservative Party already made public the regulations and calendar on Monday, which will culminate on September 5 with the election of Johnson’s successor as ‘tory’ leader and new British prime minister.
“We will have the first vote on Wednesday and it is likely that there will be a second vote on Thursday,” explained Brady, although it is true that this Tuesday the candidates will already address Parliament, in shifts of about twelve minutes.
Afterwards, the voting process will consist of accumulating at least 30 supports from the 358 conservative deputies. If everyone succeeds, the one with the fewest votes will be eliminated. The rounds will continue until only two of the eight candidates remain, who will face a final vote whose final result will be given after the summer.
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