UK’s Conservative leadership race

Jul 5. First secret ballot: 331 Conservative MPs vote for five candidates standing for party leader. Candidate with fewest votes
is eliminated

Jul 7. Second ballot: Voting takes place every Thursday and Tuesday
until only two contenders remain in race

Hustings: Final candidates hold hustings to debate policies ahead of
one-member, one-vote postal ballot of party’s 150,000 membership

Sep 9. Winner announced: Candidate who receives more than 50 percent
of vote becomes party leader and Britain’s new prime minister

THE CANDIDATES

REMAIN Theresa May, 59: Began her career at Bank of England. MP since 1997. Former Tory party chairman, May has been Home Secretary since 2010. Has support of more than 70 MPs

REMAIN Stephen Crabb, 43: Raised on council estate in Wales. Elected to
parliament in 2005, promoted to cabinet in 2014 as Welsh Secretary

LEAVE Michael Gove, 48: Former journalist elected to parliament in 2005. Education Secretary from 2010-14, current Justice Secretary. Has pitched himself as candidate that can end supremacy of EU law

LEAVE Andrea Leadsom, 53: Former banker and fund manager entered
parliament in 2010. Worked as junior minister at Treasury before being appointed as Energy Minister in 2014

LEAVE Liam Fox, 54: Worked as a doctor, becoming MP in 1992. Defence Secretary from 2010-11 until he resigned following lobbying row. Opposes single market if it entails free movement of people

Sources: 1922 Committee, Reuters

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