The number of candidates in the race to become the next Conservative leader and prime minister of the UK, is now down to two.<br />The final candidates were confirmed on Thursday as the former London mayor Boris Johnson and current foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt.<br />The favorite among the party's 313 MPs in the final ballot, was Johnson with 160 votes.<br />Hunt with 77 votes advanced to the next round with just two more votes than the next candidate Michael Gove.<br />The new leader of the center-right party will be announced in the week of July 22 and will almost certainly become the next prime minister to replace Theresa May.<br /><br />
