Theresa May set to become British Prime Minister within days

**-:Undertaker:-** · 30-06-2016, 07:29 PM

Thought may as well do a poll thread on this to see where opinion currently is.

The way it works is that MPs will vote between the current five contenders on the 5th of July to narrow it down to a final two (expected to be a Leaver vs Remainer). The run-off vote will be decided by all paid up members of the Conservative Party and the result announced on the 9th September 2016.

A note of caution. The favourites in the Conservative Party have a history of falling, Boris Johnson was the latest casualty in a long long with that today. Secondly, even having the vast majority of MPs back you doesn't count for much (historically) as in the final ballot the members have the say and not the MPs. If i'm right in memory, David Davis had the majority of MPs backing in 2005 but unknown David Cameron won via the members vote.

A very up to date list of MP endorsements as they come in can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...pli=1&sle=true

From left: Dr Liam Fox, Stephen Crabbe, Theresa May, Michael Gove and Andrea Leadsom

You may be undecided still or unsure and things can change but like imagine a gun to your head now making you choose.

With the gun to my head I will say Andrea Leadsom tbh. The more I read and see the more I like.

Thoughts, why you want that person and who's your second favourite etc.

**scottish** · 30-06-2016, 07:44 PM

Gove > May

**Stephen** · 30-06-2016, 07:58 PM

may = cameron = osbourne

all the same pieces of shit

why is she even contending

**-:Undertaker:-** · 30-06-2016, 08:10 PM

Read that Andrea Leadsom is pro-Heathrow and Gatwick airport expansion but is anti-HS2.

Up another two notches up in my book.

@Stephen; agreed and what increasingly puts me off Gove even as my second choice is rumours he'll retain Osborne as Chancellor.

Mark · 30-06-2016, 09:26 PM

I'll likely support Stephen Crabb, but May is a close second.

**lawrawrrr** · 30-06-2016, 09:56 PM

If you're interested in their votes at all I saw this earlier:

Here's a breakdown of how the candidates to be the next PM and Tory party leader have voted in Parliament pic.twitter.com/i4rMJXUF4c
— Sky News (@SkyNews) June 30, 2016

Crabb has some pretty dodgy histories with his links to that group that believes in the 'cure for being gay', but in general his history would be a great shakeup for the country, not being a typical Etonian PM that we're so used to!

I'd not heard of Andrea Leadsom before but I had seen her on the news recently and she seemed like she had her head screwed on, Theresa May has been fairly quiet in comparison to other politicians, Michael Gove isn't trusted by a worringly large proportion of the country (after education "reforms").... and I know nothing about Liam Fox tbh.

If I was a member of the party, I'd probably vote for May because she seems to be first to Gove and I'd rather anyone but Gove tbh...