How Britain's new prime minister will be chosen via ReutersTV
LONDON - Britain’s ruling Conservative Party will decide the country’s next prime minister in late July in a contest that will bring in a new leader who could pursue a cleaner break with the European Union.
Theresa May resigned as the party’s leader on Friday, having failed to deliver Brexit on schedule or find a way to get parliament to approve her exit plan. Here is how that process, which is overseen by an internal party group known as the 1922 Committee, is expected to work:Candidates putting themselves forward for the leadership must be backed by eight other Conservative lawmakers. This is higher than in previous contests because the committee made rule changes designed to cull weaker candidates.Conservatives lawmakers then hold several rounds of votes from June 13 to whittle down the number of candidates.
The first round will take place between 0900 GMT and 1100 GMT on June 13, with the result expected around 1200 GMT. Any candidate with 16 votes or fewer is eliminated. If all candidates have more than 16 votes, the one with the fewest votes is eliminated.
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