I’m ready to hit the ground running from day one.” I will work night and day to deliver our message around the country,” tweeted Sunak.įor her part, Truss tweeted: “Thank you for putting your trust in me.
“Grateful that my colleagues have put their trust in me today. Sunak won 137 votes and Truss got 113 votes in the final round, while Penny Mordaunt with 105 votes lost out.īoth of the final two candidates took to Twitter to comment on the result. Ten Conservatives stood in the contest to replace him, and over five rounds of voting, members of parliament whittled those down to two. Johnson resigned as party leader earlier this month after a series of scandals led to dozens of ministerial resignations. Boris Johnson will be succeeded as prime minister of the United Kingdom by either Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss after the Conservative Party leadership race was on Wednesday narrowed down to the final two candidates.
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