Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss became the last two candidates standing on Wednesday after Penny Mordaunt was eliminated from the race to replace Boris Johnson as the UK’s prime minister.
In a nail-biting final parliamentary vote, Sunak managed to stay on top with 137 votes, gaining 19 more supporters after Kemi Badenoch was eliminated on Tuesday.
Mordaunt, previously the second most supported candidate, was knocked out with 105 votes, 13 more than the previous day, after failing to court enough Badenoch votes.
Truss, who has been trailing behind, successfully secured 27 new votes, pushing Mordaunt out with 113 votes.
Despite having voted to remain in the European Union in the 2016 referendum, Truss gained the support of many hardline Brexiteer MPs after she secured a number of trade deals and demonstrated her willingness to override part of the Brexit deal regarding Northern Ireland….