With a final vote on Wednesday, the Tory faction determined the final two in the race to succeed Boris Johnson. Former Finance Minister Rishi Sunak and Foreign Minister Liz Truss face off in the runoff. Party members now decide among themselves by postal vote. The result, who will lead the party in the future and succeed Boris Johnson as prime minister, will be announced on September 5.

As in all previous ballots, Sunak received the most support with 138 votes. He was expected to enter the second round. His competitor Truss won with 113 votes against Secretary of State for Trade Penny Mordaunt, who had previously been in the lead but this time got only 105 votes. Truss, who aligns with the right-wing camp of his party, is likely to have received numerous votes from MPs who last voted for Kemi Badenoch MP, who is also assigned to the right-wing party.

According to a poll of Conservative MPs by the Yougov polling institute, Liz Truss’s chances of becoming Britain’s new prime minister are good with her entry into the final round. Consequently, Sunak should lose in the final vote. The 42-year-old player, who also appeals to the center of the party, is controversial internally. Above all, the conservative right wing around Truss accuses Sunak of being responsible for the biggest tax increases in decades. The current Prime Minister Johnson is also considered an opponent: those around him have accused the former Chancellor of the Exchequer of betraying the head of government by instigating Johnson’s downfall with his resignation. Sunak rejects this.

Johnson resigned from his position as party leader nearly two weeks ago after pressure mounted on him in the British government crisis. After a series of scandals He was recently accused of lying to the public. He falsely claimed that he was unaware of allegations of sexual harassment against Chris Pincher MP, whom he had promoted to a senior government position. Johnson announced when he resigned from the party leadership that he wanted to remain prime minister until a successor was found.