SINCE Boris Johnson decided to step down from the his position as Prime Minister, the Conservative Party has been working towards finding their new party leader.
This is when the UK will know who from Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak will become the new Prime Minister.
When will the next Prime Minister be announced?
Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have been holding several debates and political campaigns to promote their electoral plan.
Around 180,000 original Tory members will be voting for their preferred leader.
The deadline for voting is September 2, with the results being announced on Monday, September 5.
The winner will officially become Prime Minister a day after.
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The Queen will formally appoint the new Prime Minister at Balmoral to save her from a trip to London.
This is the first time ever that Her Majesty is holding the so-called kissing of the hands outside London or Windsor.
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The Queen has been residing in her Scottish residence, after it was reported that she is suffering with mobility issues.
Her Majesty has been suffering with health issues for a while now, but still managed to make an appearance during the Platinum Jubilee.
How is the next Prime Minister selected?
When Boris Johnson resigned from the position of Prime Minister, he triggered a contest for a new party leader.
Johnson couldn’t leave office without a new leader being elected, because he also leads the Conservative Party.
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The candidates for Tory leadership were first nominated by 20 MPs before they entered the first vote.
Then, there was a first round of voting and those that scored less than 30 were eliminated.
On July 13, six candidates remained in the process: Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Penny Mordaunt, Tom Tugendhat, Kemi Badenoch and Suella Braverman.
Another voting took place on Thursday, July 14 and only the the bottom-ranked candidate was eliminated.
The top two candidates were chosen from those left, and they moved on to the mass membership stage.
These were Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss in this case.
Throughout the summer, they took part in hustings in which Tory party members contested and asked the candidates about their electoral plan.
Those that are Tory members have the right to vote for their party leader till September 2.
The one with the most votes, is the new Conservative party leader and the new Prime Minister.
Who will be the next Prime Minister?
The candidates left contesting to become Prime Minister are Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss.
Sunak arrived in Parliament five years ago and has been considered as a rising star for the Tory party.
He graduated from Oxford University in politics, philosophy and economics.
He also earned an MBA from Stanford University in the USA, making him a Fulbright scholar.
Before entering politics, Sunak worked for investment bank Goldman Sachs before he went on to co-found an investment firm.
Liz Truss serves as Foreign Secretary and has been the Minister for Women and Equalities since September 2019 too.
Since 2010, she’s also been a Conservative MP for South West Norfolk.
Before entering politics, she had a career as an economist and an accountant.
She describes herself as someone who is “not afraid to speak her mind” and as a “disruptor-in-chief.”
She also calls herself a “prolific tweeter” as she is among one of the most followed ministers on social media with over 280,000 Twitter followers.
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When will Boris Johnson resign?
Boris Johnson already officially resigned from his position on July 7, 2022, but he is currently there until a new Prime Minister is elected.
If Johnson chose to immediately leave his position, he could have requested The Queen to appoint a new Prime Minister herself until the party chose a leader.
