May Faces Leadsom in Battle to Follow Cameron as British PM

Gove eliminated from shortlist in final vote among lawmakers
Conservative Party to announce leadership winner on Sept. 9

Theresa May.
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By Alex Morales and Robert Hutton

July 7, 2016 at 3:33 PM UTC

Updated on

July 7, 2016 at 9:18 PM UTC

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Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom will face off in an all-female battle to succeed David Cameron as U.K. prime minister and lead negotiations to take Britain out of the European Union.

May, the home secretary, won 199 votes in the second-round ballot of Conservative Party lawmakers on Thursday and Leadsom, energy minister, took 84. Justice Secretary Michael Gove was eliminated from the contest after coming last with 46 votes.