How Liz Truss became Britain's next prime minister

LONDON - Three years ago, Mr Boris Johnson led Britain's Conservative Party to its biggest election victory in decades.

Three of Britain's last four prime ministers, including Mr Johnson, came into office between elections. The new prime minister may then choose to face the voters - in 2019, Mr Johnson did so within months - but there is no obligation to call a new general election until five years after the last one.

A flood of further resignations followed, with more than 50 members of Parliament quitting Cabinet roles or other official positions by July 7, including some appointed to replace those who had already resigned. Then there's a ballot on the final choice among the party's entire dues-paying membership. These are members of the public who pay a standard annual subscription of £25 and there are about 160,000 of them.

Truss is then expected to give a first big speech as prime minister outside her new home in Downing Street later that day.Through all five rounds of voting by lawmakers, one candidate remained in the lead: Mr Sunak, the top finance official for most of Mr Johnson's time in Downing Street. In the final vote, he suffered from his association with Covid-era spending, tax increases and Britain's cost-of-living crisis, as well as his part in pushing out Mr Johnson, an ousting that many party members now say they regret.Ms Truss, who was the foreign secretary, remained in the government during the wave of resignations that felled Mr Johnson.

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