London: The successor to British Prime Minister David Cameron will be in place by September 2, the Conservative Party said on Monday following the Brexit fiasco.
According to the Conservative party's 1922 Committee, consisting of senior MPs who run Tory leadership elections, nominations for the post will open on Wednesday and close on Thursday.
"We... recommend that the process of electing a new leader of the Conservative Party should commence next week... and conclude no later than Friday September 2, although an earlier conclusion may be possible," said committee chief Graham Brady.
"I think the view of the party is that both we as Conservatives and the country more generally, really want certainty, we would like some resolution, and we think it would be a good thing to conclude this process as soon as we practicably can," said Brady.
"That ought to mean that we would have a new prime minister before the House of Commons returns for its September sitting," said Brady. A list of nominees will then be whittled down to two candidates in a series of votes by Tory MPs, with the final two then voted on by Conservative members.
The new party leader and PM candidate is then expected to be formally declared by September 2.
He had said that his successor would be in place before the Conservative partys annual conference in the first week of October.
Among those expected to enter the Tory leadership race include leading Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson, UK Home Secretary Theresa May, former defence secretary Liam Fox and Work and Pensions Secretary Stephen Crabb.
It has been suggested UK Chancellor George Osborne could back Johnson in return for the promise of a frontline role in the new Cabinet.
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