UK elections 2022 results declared: Liz Truss is new Prime Minister

Mrs Liz Truss, the former foreign secretary was elected as the new Prime Minister of UK by the Bretain’s conservative party on 5 th of September this year. She defeated her rival Rishi Sunak, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer by securing 57.4 % of the total votes.

The result that is declared this Monday was much before predicted while Mrs Truss was leading the poll. 47 year old Truss became the third female leader and fourth and the fourth Prime Minister in recent six years. She would substitute the position of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson who resignation in July was the result of his massive scandals.

Truss will get the formal declaration of her new position on Tuesday in a meeting with Queen Elizabeth II at Scotland’s Balmoral Castle where the queen has gone for a vacation.

Huge economic crisis is waiting for Truss as troubles like alarming collapse, labour unrest, fuel scarcity and increasing household energy bills are prevailing in Britain right now.

Out of eight participating candidates Truss came up with the idea of tax cuts and smaller government. As per some economists this could either help a little in solving the economic crisis or could degenerate it.

Truss and Sunak had been shortlisted among the participants and Sunak could have became the first non white Prime Minister of Bretain but his opposition to the cutting the taxes displeased the 1,60,000  voting members out of 67 million citizens who had cast the vote which is considered as the reason behind his defeat.

Truss stated her strategy in a brief speech after her victory, “I will deliver bold plan to cut taxes and grow our economy. I will deliver on the energy crisis, dealing with the long with people’s energy bills but also dealing with the long term issues we have on energy supply”.   

42 year Mr. Sunak had thanked all of his supporters who considered him suitable to be the Prime Minister and voted for him.