Former British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak won the fourth round of voting with 118 votes and is leading the race to replace Boris Johnson as British Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party.
In the fourth round of voting for the Tory leadership held on July 19, Rishi Sunak retained his No. 1 spot and increased his vote share from 115 to 118 in the third round, with Trade Minister Penny Mordant to 92 and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss. Got 86 votes. The race for second place is still open.
The remaining three candidates will enter a final round of voting on Wednesday, after which the remaining two candidates will campaign for the support of Tory party members across the country.
The British Indian-origin MP, who now has the support of 118 MPs just shy of the Conservative Party’s 120-point mark, or one-third, has almost booked his place in the last two. The candidate with the most votes will be elected the new leader of the Conservative Party and British Prime Minister on 5 September.
The race for the British PM post began after Boris Johnson resigned from the post on 7 July after facing several scandals and a record number of resignations of his ministers. Incidentally, Johnson is urging Tory candidates, who are losing to Sunak, not to endorse his former Chancellor of the Exchequer.