The British Prime Minister may be forced to resign after a revolt from his own party that led to a no-confidence vote later today - but if he is forced out of Number 10 Downing Street, the question remains who will take his place.  

In the analyzes presented in the British media, several heavy names reappear.

But the process regarding successors if Boris Johnson loses the vote will probably take a couple of months, states SVT's foreign reporter Anna-Maja Persson.

- First, nominations await, then elimination rounds until there are two candidates left and then all party members vote, she says.

Jeremy Hunt 

Jeremy Hunt ran as party leader candidate in 2019, after Theresa May's resignation.

Instead, it was Boris Johnson who replaced May.

Photo: AP

An experienced former minister with a tradition earned during a long and faithful party career.

Among other things, he was responsible for the organization of the Olympic Games in London.

The progressive newspaper The Guardian describes Hunt as a center-line tory whose critique of the "government's covid mistake" is usually expressed in a "mild and usually friendly" tone.

But it is unclear whether the most Brexit-affiliated members would end up behind him, according to the newspaper's deputy political editor Rowena Mason, who believes a possible trump card would be his personality - that many Tories long for a calm leader after "decades of tumult with Johnson" .  

Liz Truss

Liz Truss Photo: EPA

Unlike Hunt, the Secretary of State has Brexit points on his side, according to The Express.  

The party members who were most eager to separate from the EU "appreciate the Foreign Minister's talent in negotiations on post-Brexit trade agreements", writes the conservative newspaper's online reporter Allis Higham.  

Truss also seems to be in the process of building up her image, according to The Guardian, which notes that Truss swept a shawl over her hair when she steered an armored car, which is reminiscent of the party's grand lady Margaret Thatcher.

- Liz Truss is one of the names that is most talked about and she probably wants to take over, but she is not such a candidate that everyone in the party can accept, says SVT's foreign reporter Anna-Maja Persson.

- The party wants a compromise solution that everyone can put up with.

Rishi Sunak

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The finance minister's star rose during the pandemic when covid support after covid support was picked out of his ministerial portfolio - and then that star plummeted rather than plummeted when his heiress' wife turned out to have a healthy tax plan.  

Sunak also had to pay a fine, just like the Prime Minister, for having spent time in a group during a lockdown.

- Rishi Sunak has been seen as the crown prince, but that he was fined in the Partygate scandal and the tax scandal that his wife has been involved in is considered to have weakened him, even if he is not completely out of the game, says Anna-Maja Persson.

The Guardian writes that his "blatant mistake" has given the impression that he is "divorced from reality" - for example, he is in the process of building a swimming pool out on his lavish country house.

At the same time, many households in the country are struggling to even pay their bills, several media outlets of various party colors note.  

Michael Gove 

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A good friend of Johnson who by no means decided to challenge him when it was time for a new party leader and prime minister the last time he left.

"It is no stranger to him to run for the top seat in the party," notes Daily Mail columnist Andrew Pierce, a former political editor of the conservative The Times.  

For the past twelve years, Gove has held several top jobs such as Minister of Education and other heavyweight positions with great influence over the government.  

"He is probably the current prime minister's own favorite given their long-standing relationship," Pierce writes.