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10 Tories Are Running to Replace Theresa May as U.K. Prime Minister
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0:09Now PlayingThe list of candidates to succeed Theresa May as Conservative Party leader and prime minister was announced ahead of the first round of voting, scheduled to take place on Thursday.
The 10 candidates who got the required 8 nominations from their colleagues in the House of Commons to take part in the contest were: Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Dominic Raab, Esther McVey, Jeremy Hunt, Mark Harper, Matt Hancock, Sajid Javid, Andrea Leadsom and Rory Stewart.
The result of the first round of voting will be announced at about 1 p.m. on Thursday, Cheryl Gillan, one of the Conservative lawmakers overseeing the election, told reporters.
Mark Harper said he has the required number of supporters to enter the race to succeed Theresa May as prime minister.
Harper said he would “keep no deal on the table” but would prefer to get a Brexit agreement with the EU. “I don’t think it is at all credible to suggest that we will leave on October 31” he said in an interview, adding that he would sit down with EU negotiators to set out a new timetable for talks.
His suggested cut-off date for new talks would be March 2020.
Sam Gyimah, who supports a second Brexit referendum, withdrew from the leadership race, saying in a statement on Twitter that there had not been enough time to build sufficient support for his candidacy.
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