LONDON — The contest to become Britain’s next prime minister is down to its final three candidates, with Environment Secretary Michael Gove and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt chasing front-runner Boris Johnson for a spot in a deciding runoff.
Johnson gains 157 of 313 votes cast by Conservative lawmakers today in their fourth round of voting. Gove receives 61, leapfrogging Hunt, who has been in second place until now but got 59.
Home Secretary Sajid Javid came fourth with 34 votes and drops out.
A second vote today will select the final two contenders, who will go to a by-mail ballot of all 160,000 Conservative Party members nationwide.
The winner is due to be announced in late July, and will replace Theresa May as party leader and prime minister.
— AP
British Conservative party leadership and prime minister contender Boris Johnson leaves his home in south London, June 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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