Former Finance Minister Rishi Sunak and Foreign Minister Liz Truss are the two candidates running for the Conservative Party leadership and the post of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Deputy Commerce Secretary Penny Mordaunt was put to the vote.
Sunak received the most votes in all votes for the party leadership and was also the favorite to secure a candidacy for the final round. The candidates needed at least 119 votes from the Conservative MPs to advance to the next round of voting.
Who will finally be elected party leader will be decided during the summer by postal vote of the more than 160,000 Tory members. The result will be announced on 5 September.
TV4 Nyheter’s foreign reporter Stefan Borg analyzes the election in the live broadcast above.