BREAKING: Boris Johnson Will Be UK’s New PM After Winning Conservative Party Leadership Contest
Boris Johnson has been elected as leader of the UK’s Conservative Party, with him taking over as Prime Minister from Theresa May on Wednesday.
Despite a personal row with his partner threatening to derail his leadership bid, Johnson still managed to beat his rival, Jeremy Hunt, by a substantial margin. Johnson won 92,513 votes to Hunt’s 46,656.
The seven-week contest saw 159,321 Conservative members vote for their leader.
Johnson is taking over a government currently embroiled in a political crisis because of Brexit, with the newly-elected PM pledging to take the UK out of the EU by the end of October, with or without an agreement.
A key figure in the Brexit campaign, Johnson is expected to face similar internal challenges like that of his predecessor, with three cabinet ministers – Philip Hammond, Rory Stewart and David Gauke – all saying they will resign should he be elected.
Tories have also threatened to vote down his government should he pursue a no-deal Brexit.
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