Johnson vs Hunt in final of race to be next British PM Cheryl Gillan, co-Chair of the 1922 Committee announces that Boris Johnson will take on Jeremy Hunt in the final two of the race to become Britain's next Prime minister after Michael Gove was narrowly eliminated. Former London mayor Johnson topped the fifth ballot of MPs in the governing Conservative Party with 160 votes, ahead of Foreign Secretary Hunt on 77 and Environment Secretary Gove on 75. SOUNDBITE