How Does a Tory Party Leadership Contest Work?

How Does a Tory Party Leadership Contest Work?
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a resignation statement in front of 10 Downing Street in central London on July 7, 2022. Niklas Halle'n/AFP via Getty Images
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The resignation of prime minister Boris Johnson fires the starting gun on the race to replace him as leader of the UK Conservative Party.

Attorney General Suella Braverman has announced that she will contest the leadership contest, while influential backbencher and staunch Brexiteer Steve Baker has also suggested he is toying with running.