Who should replace her will be voted on internally among Conservative Party members. As they form the majority of the British Parliament, they are the ones who decide who becomes Prime Minister. (See below how the election will be)
The rules were published after Truss’ resignation by the chairman of the 1922 committee, Sir Graham Brady, the group responsible for organizing internal elections.
Unlike the process to replace Boris Johnson, which took around three months, the new British Prime Minister will be defined much more quickly and will be announced by October 28.
Below are the highlights of the process:
- Any candidate for the Conservative Party presidency must have nominations from at least 100 MPs from the party.
- Nominations are open until the 24th, Monday at 10:00 a.m. Brasilia time.
- If just one candidate secures the nominations of 100 lawmakers, that candidate automatically becomes party leader and UK Prime Minister.
- If there is more than one candidate, a vote will take place between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Brasília time among the elected MPs
- If there are more than two candidates, the one with the fewest votes is eliminated.
- The result of this vote, indicating the parliamentarians’ preference, will be announced at 2 p.m. Brasilia time.
- If a second preliminary vote is required, it will take place between 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. with the result being announced at 5:00 p.m. ET
- Voting between the final two candidates will be conducted by the approximately 170,000 Conservative Party members through an online ballot.
- This poll among all party members closes Friday, October 28 at 7:00 p.m. PT.
- The result will be announced on the same day
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