Rishi Sunak leads race to be replacement of Boris Johnson

Rishi Sunak, former chancellor of the UK, won the most votes in the first & second round of voting to succeed Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader and the UK Prime Minister.

In first round, Rishi Sunak scored 88 votes, ahead of Penny Mordaunt (67 votes) and Liz Truss (50 votes). Finance Minister Nadhim Zahawi and former cabinet minister Jeremy Hunt were eliminated. In second round, Sunak scored 101 votes, followed by Mordaunt with 83 votes and Truss with 64 votes.

Boris Johnson's successor would be announced on September 5.