New Delhi: Ever since Boris Johnson announced his resignation on July 7 from the post of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the question is who will be the next PM of the country and how will he be chosen? However, Johnson will continue to hold the chair till the new candidate is chosen.
It is now confirmed that the process to choose a new PM will be completed on September 5. It is reported that 11 candidates are in the race to get elected as the PM of the UK.
Under Britain’s parliamentary system, the leader who wins the Conservative leadership contest will replace Prime Minster without the need for a general election.
After a massive political development, let’s check how the new Prime Minister of the UK will be elected below here in pointers:
1. The first process of becoming the chief of the Conservative party is that the party members inform the party that they want to be the next Prime Minister.
2. Voting on secret ballots is conducted until only two candidates remain. The Candidates who do get less than 30 votes are eliminated at each round.
3 The final two candidates who get the highest votes launch a public campaign the get the maximum support of the Conservative Party’s entire members, which is expected to number around 2,00,000 people.
4. The Conservative Party’s members will vote by mail. The highest vote-getter of the Conservative Party leader will become the United Kingdom’s PM.
5. As we know the Conservative Party is in majority in the House of Commons, and its leader will have to authority to himself declare PM or determine any other leader to lead the nation.
