After the second round of voting among the members of the Parliament (MPs), Britain is heading to get its second female Prime Minister after Margaret Thatcher, the 'Iron lady'. In the second round of voting, front-runner Theresa May received the supports of 199 MPs and Andrea Leadsom got endorsed by 84 MPs, which led to the elimination of Michel Gove, who received 48 votes.

Originally a third vote was scheduled on July 12th but as Stephen Crabb withdrew from the race earlier, it is now up to the conservative party members nationwide to select from these two female candidates. Mrs. May is the home secretary who campaigned in favor of the Britain remaining inside the European Union. Mrs. Leadsom is the energy minister and campaigned in favor of an exit from the Union. While Mrs. May supports a much slower progress in triggering Article 50, Mrs. Leadsom wants speed to reduce the uncertainties surrounding it.

While Theresa had it easy as she had a huge support base among the MPs, it won’t be that easygoing for her as the final vote would be open to 125,000 members, many of whom are Euro-skeptics and may prefer someone who had backed an exit from the Union. Boris Johnson, who has endorsed Leadsom has called for a pro-Brexit Prime Minister to maximize opportunities.

It won’t be until the September 9th that we come to know the final result but one thing is for certain that the Britain is going to get its second female Prime Minister ever.