Xinhua News Agency, London, July 12 (Reporter Du Juan Xu Feng) Eight key members of the British ruling Conservative Party won the support of a sufficient number of Conservative Party members of the House of Commons on the 12th, and won the first place in the new Conservative Party leader election scheduled for the 13th. Round of voting for eligibility.
The eight are former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, Foreign Secretary Elisabeth Truss, former Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Lower House of Parliament Tom Tugendart, and Attorney General Sulla Braverman, Chancellor of the Exchequer Nazim Zahavi, former Minister of State for Equality Kemi Badnoh, and former Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
According to the election rules announced by the "1922 Committee", a group of Conservative MPs in the lower house of the British Parliament, the nomination process for candidates was carried out on the 12th.
The above-mentioned eight people each received the support of at least 20 Conservative Party members of the House of Commons that day, and were eligible to compete for the leadership of the party.
Next, the Conservative Party elects a new party leader in two stages: in the first stage, 358 Conservative Party members of the House of Commons vote to lock in two final candidates, and in the second stage, all Conservative Party members vote, and the winner becomes the new party leader and the UK The new Prime Minister.
The first stage of the first round of voting is scheduled to be held on the 13th, and candidates must be supported by at least 30 Conservative MPs, otherwise they will be eliminated.
There will be several rounds of knockout voting after that until two candidates are locked in before parliament's summer recess on the 21st.
In the second stage, Conservative Party members will elect the new leader by mail-in ballots.
According to British media reports, the Conservative Party has about 200,000 members.
The "1922 Committee" is composed of ordinary members of the lower house of the Conservative Party Parliament and plays an important role in deciding the candidates for the party leader and prime minister.
Johnson announced his resignation as leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister on the 7th of this month, but will remain in office until a new leader is elected.
The final results of the Conservative Party's new leader election will be announced on September 5.
That means it will be revealed on that day who will be the next prime minister.