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Boris Johnson has won the Conservative leadership race and will be the next Prime Minister

14:34, 23 July 2019

updated: 14:35, 23 July 2019

Boris Johnson is to become the new Prime Minister after winning the Conservative leadership contest.

The former foreign secretary and ex-London Mayor received nearly double the number of votes as Jeremy Hunt in a ballot of Tory members.

He'll get the keys to Number 10 tomorrow after Theresa May goes to see the Queen to officially hand in her resignation.

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