Conservative MPs are being asked to choose between Rishi Sunak, who won 101 votes in the previous vote, Penny Mordant who got 83 votes, Liz Truss who got 64 votes, Kemi Badenoch with 49 votes and Tom Tugenhat who got 32 votes and is considered the most likely to be eliminated tonight.
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The third vote among the 358 members of the Conservative Party caucus for Boris Johnson’s successor takes place tonight, with the bottom vote-getter excluded from the next vote on Tuesday.
Conservative MPs are being asked to choose between Rishi Sunak, who won 101 votes in the previous vote, Penny Mordant who had 83 votes, Liz Truss who collected 64 votes, Kemi Beidenock with 49 votes and Tom Tugenhut who had 32 votes and is considered the most likely to be eliminated tonight.
The five are essentially vying for the 27 votes of Suella Braverman, who was eliminated in the previous round. The Attorney General has since declared her support for Secretary of State Liz Truss.
The vote will take place between 5pm and 7pm London time, with the result that is announced at 8 pm by the head of the relevant party body, the 1922 Committee, Sir Graham Brady.
There will be another vote on Tuesday, with the remaining three crossing swords that evening in the third and final televised debate scheduled.
Wednesday’s final vote will determine the final pair of candidates and the next Prime Minister will be chosen on September 5 following a voting process among members of the Conservative Party.
After Sunday night’s debate, in which Mr Sounak won the most, according to a quick poll, Ms Mordant has slipped to second place in bookmakers’ predictions, with the 42-year-old former finance minister overtaking her.
In the third place of the predictions, but having come quite close to Ms. Mordant, remains Ms. Truss, who improved her performance in yesterday’s telefight.
Meanwhile, also this afternoon the House of Commons will debate and vote on a no-confidence motion against the government tabled by outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson himself.
His move followed a motion of no confidence by the main opposition Labor Party against the government “as long as Mr Johnson remains Prime Minister”. Labor sought to capitalize on Tory MPs’ dissatisfaction with their leader to force him out of Downing Street immediately, paving the way for a possible snap election.
The government did not accept the wording of Labour’s motion and replaced it with the clear new motion of no confidence, which is expected to be rejected by the Conservatives’ very large parliamentary majority.
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