Former Treasury Minister Snak held the first vote by members of the House of Representatives to narrow down the candidates on the 13th in the ruling and Conservative party leader elections, which eight people ran for after British Prime Minister Johnson announced his resignation. With 88 votes, he took the lead.
On the 7th of this month, Prime Minister Johnson resigned as leader of the ruling and Conservative parties, and announced that he would resign as prime minister as soon as his successor was decided.
In response to this, eight people ran for the party leader election that started with the Conservative Party, and on the 13th, the first vote to narrow down the candidates was held.
As a result of voting by members of the House of Representatives,
▼ Former Treasury Minister Snak took the lead with 88 votes,
▼ Mordant Trade Policy Minister 67 votes,
▼ Foreign Minister Truss 50 votes,
Former Housing Minister Bedenock has 40 votes,
▼ Tugenhat, Chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee has 37 votes,
and
▼ Justice Secretary Braberman has 32 votes, with
six people getting the required 30 votes for the second vote. I proceeded.
On the other hand,
▼ Finance Minister Zahawi had 25 votes and
▼ Former Foreign Minister Hunt had 18 votes, so he could not proceed to the next vote.
The second vote will take place on the 14th.
Voting will be repeated after that, and by the middle of next week, the candidates will be narrowed down to two, and the final vote will be held by party members nationwide.
A new leader to replace Prime Minister Johnson will be decided on September 5.
Mordant's Minister of Trade Policy tops the pre-voting survey
In a survey of members of the ruling and Conservative parties conducted by major research firm Yugab on the 12th and 13th of this month before the first vote, Mordant's Minister of Trade Policy received the highest support at 27%. I am.
This was followed by
▼ Former Housing Minister Bedenock at 15%,
▼ Former Treasury Minister Snak and Foreign Minister Truss at 13% each, and
▼ Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee of the Tugenhat Parliament at 8%.
He is also investigating the final vote of two candidates cast by party members across the country, and analyzes that if Mordant advances, he will win no matter who the opponent is.
For Mordant, the closest vote is in the case where the opponent is Mr. Truss, with Mordant's support being 55% and Mr. Truss being 37%.
In addition, Mr. Snak, who was the top in the first vote, is a harsh survey result that if he advances to the final vote by party members, he will not be as good as any candidate of Mr. Mordant, Mr. Truss, Mr. Tugenhat, Mr. Bedenock. ..