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If she wins, will be the 3rd Women PM in the UK
The United Kindom will finally get its new Prime Minister. Liz Truss is the favourite to succeed Boris Johnson and take charge as the country battles a spiralling cost-of-living crisis.
The result will be announced at 12:30 pm (1130 GMT), after foreign minister Truss and her rival, former finance minister Rishi Sunak, spent the summer rallying support among the Conservative Party members who cast the final vote.
As a result, if Truss wins Truss will become the UK's third female prime minister following Theresa May and Margaret Thatcher.
The 47-year-old politician has consistently been ahead of 42-year-old Mr Sunak in polling among the estimated 200,000 Tory members eligible to vote.
Taking notes from the polls, the leadership contest began in July after Johnson announced his resignation following a slew of scandals and resignations from his government.
Postal and online voting closed Friday after eight weeks of campaigning that Truss described to the BBC as "the longest job interview in history".
The vote may not reflect general public opinion, however.
A YouGov poll in late August found that 52 per cent thought Truss would make a "poor" or "terrible" prime minister.
Forty-three per cent said they did not trust her "at all" to deal with the burning issue of the rise in the cost of living.
According to the Sunday Times, "Whoever emerges as winner faces "the worst in-tray for a new prime minister since Thatcher'"
The UK is gripped by its worst cost-of-living crisis in generations, with inflation soaring into double digits and energy prices shooting up on the back of Russia's war in Ukraine.
Millions say that with bills set to rise by 80 per cent from October -- and even higher from January -- they face a painful choice between eating and heating this winter, according to surveys.
"If I'm elected prime minister, I will act immediately on bills and energy supply," Truss told the BBC on Sunday while declining to give details.
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