The Conservative leadership contest is now down to the final two MPs vying to become head of the party and prime minister.

Since Boris Johnson announced he was stepping down on 7 July, eleven hopefuls have been whittled down, with eight getting through to the first round.

There have been almost daily rounds of hustings and ballots since then, where candidates have had to obtain backing from the highest number of Conservative MPs to get through to the next ballot.

Now there are only two left – Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss – the process changes slightly.

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What happens now?

From Friday, the contest goes into the second round, which will see Conservative Party members vote for which one of the two they want to be leader.

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Only people who have been members of the party for at least three months prior to the ballot closing will be entitled to vote, so that means anybody who joined on or before 3 June can do so.

The two candidates will travel around the UK and make their pitch to members, who will be able to ask questions of them during the hustings.

Several of those hustings will be held and will also be streamed online.

Details of the hustings will be advertised on the Conservative Party website.

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How will members vote?

About 175,000 members will receive a ballot pack in the post from 1 August, which will contain a paper ballot that can be returned by post.

It will also contain details of how to vote online, with two unique security codes that must be entered.

The party is recommending people vote online if possible and has said they can only vote once, with only the last received vote counting if people do vote via both methods.

When does voting close?

All ballots must be received by 5pm on Friday 2 September.

When will the winner be announced?

On Monday 5 September, the new leader of the Conservative Party and the prime minister will be announced.

Mr Johnson will then cease to be either.

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