Is it going to be Truss or Sunak? UK PM voting closes; result expected next week

London, Sept 3: Outgoing UK PM Boris Johnson will soon be replaced as voting by Tory members for their choice between Indian-origin former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss which started early August was closed on Friday (Sept 2) evening.

 

 

 

 

This comes as the two contenders of Tory leadership, Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have gone head-to-head in over a dozen debates over the past month to win over the votes of an estimated 160,000 Tory electorate. The online and postal voting closed on Friday (Sept 2) evening, the deadline for Tory members to register their votes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Voting is now closed. Thank you to all my colleagues, campaign team and, of course, all the members who came out to meet me and lend your support," wrote Rishi Sunak. During their hustings, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak had explained their long-term visions for Britain. Both contenders went through bouts of 12 nationwide events with the first bout in Leeds, Northern England. All eyes are now on the results as members voted to elect a new leader. The result will be announced on Sept 5.

 

Truss indicated that she will strongly push back against "identity politics of the left" as she has envisioned the legislation for single-sex spaces such as domestic violence shelters whereas Sunak has backtracked by putting forward the idea of cutting VAT to revive the country's economic situation.