The U.K.'s Conservative Party will be tasked with finding a new leader for Parliament after Boris Johnson steps down as leader.
Boris Johnson spoke on the third day of the conference. The photo was taken by Dan Kitwood.
Johnson will reportedly resign as Conservative leader on Thursday but will remain prime minister until a new leader is selected, though he could approach the queen at any time to request she appoint a prime minister in the interim.
The process for the Tories to pick a new prime minister starts with Conservative members of Parliament telling the party they want to be prime minister.
The lowest vote-getting candidate is eliminated each round until two candidates are left.
A vote from the entire membership of the Conservative Party is believed to be around 200,000 people.
The next Conservative Party leader and the U.K. prime minister are decided by mail votes.
The leader of the House of Commons will determine the next prime minister since the Conservatives hold the majority.
It took nearly two months for the Conservatives to pick Johnson as prime minister.
It's legal to bet on politics in the U.K., and oddsmakers are listing the likes ofPenny Mordaunt, the Minister of State for Trade Policy. Jeremy Hunt was defeated in the leadership election by Johnson.
Dozens of junior ministers and secretaries quit Wednesday in a show of discontent with Johnson's leadership after Sunak and Javid resigned. The so-called "Partygate" scandal over hosting parties at Downing Street during a time of strict Covid policies led to Johnson stepping down. The first sitting prime minister to be punished for breaking the law was Johnson. The recent string of resignations was linked to Johnson's handling of sexual harassment allegations against former deputy chief whip Chris Pincher. A majority of Conservative MPs supported Johnson in the no confidence vote.
There are fifteen. The 15th prime minister to serve during Queen Elizabeth II's reign will be named later. The queen's first prime minister was a man named WINSTON CHURCHILL.
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