FILE - Britain's outgoing Conservative Party Prime Minister Rishi Sunak looks down as he makes a short speech outside 10 Downing Street before going to see King Charles III to tender his resignation in London, on July 5, 2024. Britain’s defeated Conservatives will spend more than three months picking a new leader to replace former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the party has announced. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
FILE - Britain's Minister for Immigration, Robert Jenrick arrives for a cabinet meeting at Downing Street in London, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. Six British lawmakers have announced they are running to lead the defeated Conservative Party ahead of a Monday deadline in a contest that will decide whether the opposition party tacks to the right or steers toward the political center ground. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
FILE - Britain's Secretary of State for Business and Trade, President of the Board of Trade, Minister for Women and Equalities, Kemi Badenoch arrives for a cabinet meeting in Downing Street, London, on March 19, 2024. Six British lawmakers have announced they are running to lead the defeated Conservative Party ahead of a Monday deadline in a contest that will decide whether the opposition party tacks to the right or steers toward the political center ground. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
This combo of pictures released by the UK Parliament on Monday July 29, 2024 shows portraits of the six senior Tories who are set to fight it out in a battle for the future of the Conservative Party. Top row left to right, Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick and Mel Stride, bottom row left to right, James Cleverly, Tom Tugendhat and Priti Patel. (UK Parliament via AP)
FILE - Mel Stride, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, leaves after a cabinet meeting at Downing Street in London, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Six British lawmakers have announced they are running to lead the defeated Conservative Party ahead of a Monday deadline in a contest that will decide whether the opposition party tacks to the right or steers toward the political center ground. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
FILE - Britain's Home Secretary Priti Patel speaks at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, England, on Oct. 5, 2021. Six British lawmakers have announced they are running to lead the defeated Conservative Party ahead of a Monday deadline in a contest that will decide whether the opposition party tacks to the right or steers toward the political center ground. (AP Photo/Jon Super, File)
FILE - Britain's Home Secretary James Cleverly visits Great British Sports Cars in Nottingham, England, on June 26, 2024. Six British lawmakers have announced they are running to lead the defeated Conservative Party ahead of a Monday deadline in a contest that will decide whether the opposition party tacks to the right or steers toward the political center ground. (Darren Staples/Pool via AP, File)