Rishi Sunak: A New UK Prime Minister Emerges

Sunak and the then Foreign Secretary Liz Truss emerged as the final two candidates in the contest on July 20 to be put forward to the membership for the final leadership vote.

Sunak had received the most votes in each of the series of MP votes with Sunak receiving 137 to Truss’s 113 in the final round.

In the membership vote, Truss received 57.4% of the vote, making her the new leader and Prime Minister over Sunak..

On October 22, it was reported that Sunak had the required number of supporters—100 members of the House of Commons—to run in the ballot on October 24.