How will the Conservatives elect a new leader and who will be the next prime minister?
Boris Johnson is set to resign as Conservative leader and will step down as prime minister when a new leader is found.
He quits Downing Street after less than three years in the job, despite having won a huge majority in the 2019 general election. Outgoing prime ministers are expected to stay in office until a successor is found. But how does that happen?Once a Conservative leader has stood down, an election for a new party leader is triggered. Under the current rules, candidates need the support of eight Conservative MPs to stand.
Once all the candidates have declared - if there are more than two candidates - Tory MPs will hold a series of votes until only two remain.in the second round, they must get 10% When two MPs are left, all Conservative Party members around the country - so not just MPs - will vote for the winner. The timescale for each contest is decided by the 1922 Committee of backbench MPs, and the committee could vote to change the rules before the contest takes place.Whoever wins the contest to lead the Conservatives, will become the leader of the party with the largest number of MPs in Parliament.Not necessarily.The latest an election can be held is
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