Kemi Badenoch is ousted as the Tories cast their second-last round of votes to replace Boris Johnson as the UK prime minister
Rishi Sunak emerged once again as the Tory parliamentary party favourite as the voting rounds near and end as Conservatives replace Boris Johnson.
Kemi Badenoch – a wildcard entrant who was a relative unknown outside of Westminster circles, was eliminated.
I’m grateful to my colleagues and the party members who have supported me.
— Kemi Badenoch (@KemiBadenoch) July 19, 2022
This campaign began less than two weeks ago. What we’ve achieved demonstrates the level of support for our vision of change for our country and for the Conservative Party.
Thank you. pic.twitter.com/2hnk3nyynY
This leaves Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss and Penny Mordaunt remaining.
There is only one more party vote to take place, which will see one of the remaining three contestants being ousted.
After that, the final two will face a postal ballot of the entire UK Conservative membership.
An estimated 160,000 members will vote and the winner of the final two candidates will become the Tory leader.
They will move into Number 10 Downing Street and take over from Boris Johnson on September 5th as prime minister of the United Kingdom.
