Britain's ruling conservative new party preferred to hold the third round of voting on the 18th, and four candidates were allowed to enter the follow-up competition, of which former chancellor of the exchequer rich sunak continued to maintain the lead. According to the voting results of the day, the four candidates who won the qualification to continue to participate in the Conservative Party's leadership race were sunak, former Defense Secretary Penny mordant, foreign secretary Elizabeth trass, and former Secretary of state for equality Kemi badnoh. Tom tugendat, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the house of Commons, won the least votes and was out. Sunak received the most votes in the first three rounds of voting, with mordant always occupying the second place, followed by trass. On the 12th of this month, eight important members of the conservative party received the support of a sufficient number of conservative members of the lower house of Parliament, and were qualified to participate in the Conservative Party's new party first race. Three candidates were eliminated in the first two rounds of voting held on the 13th and 14th, respectively. According to the election rules published by the "1922 committee" of the Conservative MP group in the house of Commons of the British Parliament, Conservative MPs in the house of Commons will hold a subsequent vote until two candidates are locked before the summer recess of the parliament on the 21st. The election then entered the second stage, and Conservative Party members will elect the new party leader by mail ballot. According to British media reports, the Conservative Party has about 200000 members. The "1922 committee" is composed of ordinary members of the lower house of the conservative Parliament and plays an important role in determining the choice of the party leader and prime minister. Johnson announced on the 7th of this month that he would resign as the head of the Conservative Party and prime minister, but would remain in office until the new leader was elected. The final result of the new Conservative Party's first election will be announced on September 5. This means that on that day, it will be revealed who will be the next prime minister. (Xinhua News Agency)