Yesterday Tory MPs decided that Leadsom and Theresa May would fight it out to be the next prime minister.
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It is now certain that the victor will go on to become Britains second female Prime Minister after Margaret Thatcher. Justice Secretary Michael Gove dropped out of the race after receiving only 46 votes, leaving May and Leadsom in a head-to-head battle for the post that David Cameron is vacating.
Mrs May will face Andrea Leadsom in a head-to-head ballot of about 150,000 Conservative members, with the result due on 9 September.
The victor will become the country’s second female prime minister following Margaret Thatcher, who held office from 1979 to 1990.
After the vote Theresa May said that Britain needs “strong, proven leadership” to handle Brexit negotiations and unite the country.
The Home Secretary said: “I am delighted to have won so much support from my colleagues”. Ms May, who won the support of more than 60 per cent of Conservative MPs, said she would argue that she is the best leader to unite the party.
Britain is on track to have its first female prime minister since Margaret Thatcher.
So the British Conservative Party (the party now in power) held formal elections, and on Tuesday the field narrowed to two candidates: Home Secretary Theresa May and Energy Minister Andrea Leadsom. Energy Minister, Andrea Leadsom finished with a total of 84 votes.
The Home Secretary, Theresa May is now the front runner having Mrs May finished with 199 votes from MPs.
She has a background in banking and supported the United Kingdom leaving the EU.
Now Mr Johnson has signalled he will stick to his guns on the UK’s attempts to exit the European Union by supporting 53-year-old Ms Leadsom who backed the Vote Leave campaign during the referendum.
“Those are the things that my colleagues have voted in such numbers for today and I’m confident that those are the things that will win the support of members across the county and of the whole country”.
Mrs Leadsom was a prominent Brexit-backer and hopes that her support for leaving the European Union will win her votes from Eurosceptics in the Tory grassroots.
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Michael Gove has remained silent on who he is backing to become the next Conservative Party leader as he dodged reporters on a jog outside his London home.
