{UAH} Boris Johnson wins race to be next UK prime minister

Boris Johnson wins race to be next UK prime minister

Johnson vows to 'get Brexit done' with or without a deal after winning Conservative Party leadership contest.

23 Jul 2019 11:08 GMT

Boris Johnson is set to become prime minister on Wednesday [Will Oliver/EPA]

Boris Johnson has been elected leader of the United Kingdom's Conservative Party and, by default, the country's next prime minister.

The Brexit hardliner, a former London mayor, on Tuesday won the votes of 92,153 members of the ruling party, while his rival Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt won 46,656.

Johnson is set to become prime minister on Wednesday.

The 55-year-old said the mantra of his leadership campaign had been to "deliver Brexit, unite the country and defeat [opposition Labour leader] Jeremy Corbyn - and that is what we are going to do".

"Do you look daunted? Do you feel daunted? I don't think you look remotely daunted to me," Johnson told party members at the Queen Elizabeth conference centre opposite the British parliament. "We are going to get Brexit done."

Johnson has said Britain will leave the European Union on the scheduled October 31 deadline even if there is no divorce deal in place.

A number of Conservative ministers have already announced they will resign to fight against a so-called "no deal" Brexit, which experts warn would push the UK's economy into a severe downturn.

Reporting from Westminster, Al Jazeera's Laurence Lee said the result was widely anticipated.

"It was certainly a comprehensive victory," he said. "The membership of the Conservative Party, who voted for him, is absolutely insistent that Brexit has to happen".

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