Now that the government is tattered, many bookmakers and the UK speculate on the possibility of his successor. Candidates for leadership go through a round of voting by conservative legislators until only two remain. At that point, members of the Conservative Party across the country will vote. The winner will be the new party leader and then the prime minister.
Here are the potential candidates.
Rishi Sunak
After winning praise for overseeing Britain's first financial response to Covid Estimated to be Johnson's successor for several months. 19 Pandemic.
His popularity has been hit in recent weeks as Britain has been hit by a living cost crisis. Snacks have been struggling to curb spiral inflation and have been criticized for what the opposition calls a slow and inadequate set of financial measures.
Sajid Javid
"There is reason to question the truth and completeness of what we all said this week as well. At some point, we must conclude that it is sufficient. "
MP has run for party leadership twice in the past. Johnson was finally elected in 2016, after Brexit's Referendum, and in 2019.
Liz Truss
There are formidable and dedicated teams around her, some of whom previously worked at number 10. This team produces her sophisticated videos and photos that look completely like a politician. She seems to have tried to lead former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher by wearing her head scarf while driving her tank. Her role in responding to Russia's invasion of Ukraine has also increased her profile.
Truss is popular among conservative members who choose the final winner of the contest. However, Johnson's downfall could at the same time hurt anyone in his cabinet, allowing conservative voters to rely on traitors to take the mantle.
Last month, a source working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told CNN that Tras was attending a "endless meeting with MP" and said, "When the time comes, she will have her own support base. It's alluded to when I'm looking at what it is. " The "" truss office has denied that a secret leadership bid will come.
Penny Modant
Mordaunt first joined Congress in 2010 and then joined the Cabinet under Teresa May to serve as Secretary of International Development and Defense.
Tom Tugendart
cabinets or shadow cabinets, Tugendhat impressed his colleagues with his speech skills and seriousness, especially when talking about the collapse of Afghanistan.
He joined Congress in 2010 after participating in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Nadhim Zahawi
Zahawi, who joined the Cabinet within a year before his promotion, was considered an unlikely choice for the next prime minister. However, his rise under Johnson was rapid and made his mark an early success as a vaccine minister and as an educational secretary in the corona virus outbreak.
Despite voting to leave the European Union in 2016, Zahawi is widely praised by the party's moderates. Importantly, as one conservative source said, "Although he hasn't been in the government long enough to have obvious flaws and still supports Boris after the confidence vote, the association Not very contaminated by. "
Zahawi was born to Kurdish parents in Iraq and came to Britain at the age of nine when his family fled the Saddam Hussein administration. He is believed to be one of the wealthiest politicians in the House and helped establish the polling company YouGov.
Jeremy Hunt
In a Twitter statement prior to the June confidence vote, Hunt said: Passing the country to others who do not share those values. Today's decision is to change or lose. I vote for change.
Needless to say, Hunt's statement focused primarily on the conservative potential of success in elections under Johnson. Determine the leadership election. However, he brought his luggage and sources from the opposition Labor Party told CNN that he had already written an attack line.
"Can't be Jeremy. Workers can say he's been in health care for six years and failed to prepare for the pandemic. When he was a cultural secretary, he was hacking the phone. Can be said to have rushed to Murdoch. Scandal. He will be crushed. "
