UK LEADERSHIP CONTEST: RISHI SUNAK WINS SECOND ROUND OF VOTING

Thu 14 July 2022:

Former British finance minister Rishi Sunak won the most votes in the second round of voting to succeed Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party and prime minister, as one candidate was eliminated.

Sunak came top with 101 votes, followed by junior trade minister and bookmakers’ favourite Penny Mordaunt on 83 votes and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on 64 votes. Suella Braverman was eliminated.

Sunak might be the most popular contender with his colleagues, but a YouGov poll of nearly 900 party members found Mordaunt was the favourite, beating any of the others in a runoff. She had a huge lead over Sunak, who fared badly against almost all his rivals, and she is now the bookmakers’ favourite.

Britain’s economy is beset with spiralling inflation, high debt, and low growth that have left people grappling with the tightest squeeze on their finances in decades. Fuel prices have soared in an energy crunch exacerbated by the war in Ukraine.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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