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Boris Johnson battles Jeremy Hunt for leadership race

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British politician serving as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Jeremy Hunt will face off against Boris Johnson in the race to be Britain’s next prime minister, after beating Michael Gove by just two votes in the fifth and final round of voting by Conservative MPs.

Johnson won 160 votes against 77 for Hunt and 75 for Gove, leading to suspicion at Westminster that the Johnson camp may have lent votes to the foreign secretary to knock out his bitter rival Gove.

Johnson and Hunt’s names will now go forward to the Tory membership of around 140,000 – with Johnson the overwhelming favourite to take possession of the keys to 10 Downing Street next month.

They will first have to face 16 hustings events for party members, at which the pair’s plans for Brexit will come under scrutiny. And they will also take part in a head-to-head televised debate on ITV.

Johnson has repeatedly promised that he will take Britain out of the European Union before the latest deadline of 31 October, with or without a deal.

But he has also secured the support of many one-nation Tory MPs, including the health secretary, Matt Hancock, who dropped out of the race last week, by promising to reunite the country.

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