Boris Johnson to become the UK's next Prime Minister

Tue, 23 Jul 2019

Boris Johnson has been named the new Conservative Party leader - paving the way for him to become prime minister in a little over 24 hours' time.

The ex-London mayor is now set to fulfil his long-held ambition of residing in 10 Downing Street, after beating rival Tory leadership candidate Jeremy Hunt.

In a ballot of Conservative Party members, Mr Johnson won 92,153 votes and Mr Hunt won 46,656 votes.

The result follows a more than a month-long campaign in which both candidates travelled to all regions of the UK in their bid to win the support of the Tories' grassroots in a series of hustings events.

Mr Johnson vowed to take the UK out of the EU on 31 October "do or die", while Mr Hunt claimed his background as an "entrepreneur" made him the best candidate to negotiate Brexit.