Leadsom confirmed her withdrawal on Monday afternoon.
Andrea Leadsom has confirmed that she has withdrawn from the race to become the leader of the Conservative Party and the next British Prime Minister.
Leadsom made the announcement on Monday afternoon after a weekend in which she was the subject of much controversy for claiming that being a mother made her a better candidate for the Prime Minister than British Home Secretary, Theresa May.
Leadsom said that she didn’t have sufficient support from MPs to form a strong and stable government and threw her support behind May, saying she was “ideally placed” to replace David Cameron as Prime Minister and to “implement Brexit on the best possible terms for the British people”.
According to the BBC, it will be up to the 1922 committee of Conservative MPs to decide the timetable or whether to continue with a leadership contest.
If it is decided that May is to become the leader of the party, uncontested, she would become Prime Minister-designate or “PM elect” only upon the declaration by the 1922.
“I wish Theresa May the very greatest success. I assure her of my full support” @andrealeadsom ending leadership bid https://t.co/l3e153NsRI
— BBC Daily Politics and Sunday Politics (@daily_politics) July 11, 2016
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