How Britain's New Prime Minister Will Be Elected Next Week

A first vote will take place at 3:30 pm on Monday, with the result announced at 6:00 pm. If there are three candidates, the one with the fewest votes will be eliminated.

It took ousted British Prime Minister Liz Truss eight-and-a-half weeks to win the keys to 10 Downing Street. Her successor will achieve the same feat in a matter of days.

This time the process of electing the party's new leader -- who will automatically become prime minister -- is being accelerated to last a week at most.

It will come in stark contrast to the contest that led to Truss becoming prime minister.

After predecessor Boris Johnson announced on July 7 that he intended to resign, it was not until September 5 that the decisive result of an online ballot was announced.