Conservative leadership contest: Can Boris Johnson become Prime Minister and who else is in the running?

Will Millar
By Will Millar
Published 21st Oct 2022, 09:33 BST
Updated 22nd Oct 2022, 08:50 BST
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Déjà Vu? I think so… As the UK faces yet another Conservative leadership contest the nation asks - could Boris Johnson become Prime Minister again?

Moments before Liz Truss made her terminal speech from the lectern, the former Prime Minister met with the chair of the 1922 committee to agree upon a modified leadership election to take place next week - here’s everything you need to know.

On October 20, Liz Truss announced her resignation as Prime Minister after just 44 days in Number 10. It was a troublesome 24-hours for the former PM which started with a fractious fracking vote and spiralled into swelling pressure from Conservative ministers.

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For many, the writing was on the wall and just days prior, YouGov asked Tory party members who they would most like to take over if Ms Truss resigned. Boris Johnson topped the poll, scoring 32% with the 530 members asked.

The former London Mayor has also shot up in the bookies estimations, now sitting in second place ahead of the incumbent Leader of the House Penny Mourdant while Rishi Sunak sits firmly in first place.