Rishi Sunak to contest with Liz Truss for final ballot to succeed Boris Johnson as UK Prime Minister

Rishi Sunak has clinched his place for the final leg of the race to succeed Boris Johnson as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Mr Sunak will now go head-to-head with Foreign Secretary Liz Truss as one of the two finalists to take charge as UK PM and Conservative Party leader.

Sunak won the fifth and final voting round of Tory MPs with a resounding 137 votes, while second-placed Truss won the support of 113 MPs. Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt was knocked out of the race after coming in third with 105 votes. Either Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss will be chosen in a ballot of one lakh 80 thousand Conservative members to be the party’s new leader. The winner will be announced on September 5th and will automatically become Britain’s new Prime Minister.