nominations closed on 10 june 2019 with ten candidates officially being nominated. the first ballot of mps took place on 13 june. a second one took place on 18 june with a third on 19 june and a fourth and fifth ballot on 20 june. the entire contest is expected to be completed by mid-july. after the fifth ballot, jeremy hunt and boris johnson were the final two candidates. the general membership of the party elected johnson as the leader by postal ballot on 22 july 2019.