Ex-London Mayor Johnson backs Leadsom to be next British prime minister

Previous London Mayor and driving Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson on Monday gave his support to junior priest Andrea Leadsom to be the following pioneer of the Conservative Party and British head administrator.

Leadsom, 53, second-most loved in the race to succeed David Cameron as PM, was likewise unmistakable figure in the crusade to leave the European Union, which Britons supported in a June 23 choice.

"Andrea Leadsom offers the zap, the drive, and the determination key for the following pioneer of this nation," Johnson said in an announcement.

"She has represented considerable authority in the EU question...and will be in this manner very much put to fashion an incredible post-Brexit future for Britain and Europe," he said.

Johnson had been viewed as one of the top picks to supplant Cameron yet precluded an offer a week ago after Justice Secretary Michael Gove, who had been broadly anticipated that would back him for the top employment, out of the blue declared his own particular nomination.

Gove said he had altered his opinion about his Brexit battle partner, as he didn't think Johnson could give administration.

Andrea Leadsom, a candidate to succeed David Cameron as British prime minister, speaks at a news conference in central London, Britain July 4, 2016.

Theresa May, a Conservative gathering stalwart who has run the peace portfolio in the bureau for a long time, is the most loved to succeed Cameron regardless of having battled to stay in the EU.

The other administration contenders are work and annuities priest Stephen Crabb and previous protection priest Liam Fox.

A first round of voting by Conservative legislators will be hung on Tuesday.

(Reporting by James Davey; Editing by Larry King and Toby Chopra)