23.07.19 - Boris Johnson is the new leader of Britain's governing Conservatives - after comfortably winning a postal ballot of party members. ohnson won 65 percent of the vote in a head-to-head race against foreign minister Jeremy Hunt. The victory puts him a step closer to becoming prime minister. The current holder of the office, Theresa May, is expected to officially hand in her resignation tomorrow, paving the way for Johnson to take over her job. He once claimed there was as much chance of finding Elvis Presley on Mars as of him becoming PM. Here's a look at Johnson's career and his sometimes bumpy rise to power.