Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will battle it out against former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak to replace Boris Johnson and become the Conservative party leader and next prime minister of the United Kingdom.

The final 2 were chosen by Conservative MPs in a final leadership run-off vote which saw Sunak top the results with 137 and Truss second with 113 votes.

Third candidate Penny Mordaunt received 105 votes and was ousted from the contest.

Truss and Sunak will now put their cases forward to the Conservative Party’s 180,000 members who will vote to decide who becomes the new leader on September 5.

Boris Johnson will remain the Prime Minister until a new leader is chosen.