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Willem Marx

These are the two final candidates in the race to become the U.K.'s prime minister

This composite image shows the two remaining Conservative Leader candidates Liz Truss (left) and Rishi Sunak. Conservative MP's will cast their votes in their party's leadership contest with the eventual winner expected to be announced in September. (Getty Images/Getty Images)

Lawmakers from Britain's Conservative party have selected the final two candidates in the race to become the U.K.'s next prime minister, in a voting process that now pits former finance minister Rishi Sunak against current foreign minister Liz Truss to replace Boris Johnson.

Former defense minister Penny Mordaunt was eliminated with just 105 votes, while Sunak received 137 votes from Conservative parliamentarians. Truss received 113 votes.

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