 For the first time since Margaret Thatcher stepped down in 1990, the next British prime minister will be a woman. Here is what you need to know about Andrea Leadsom and Theresa May. In a vote among 330 Tory members of Parliament, May was on top, with 199 votes, compared with 84 for Leadsom. After the second MPs' ballot, Home Secretary Mrs May finished with 199 votes, Energy Minister Mrs Leadsom 84 and Mr Gove, the justice secretary, 46. [Meet Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom, the two women vying to be Britain’s next prime minister] 
 
 Gove had upended British politics last week by jumping into the race for prime minister at the last possible moment. She wasted no time Thursday making her case, which has focused on the notion that she is the only one who can bring together the party’s warring “remain” and “leave” factions. She promised "strong, proven leadership" to negotiate the UK's departure from the EU, and to "make Britain a country that works not for a privileged few but for every one of us". Unlike David Cameron or Tony Blair, she has not served an apprenticeship as leader of the opposition. (AP) 
 
 Either Leadsom or May will be Britain’s first female prime minister since Thatcher, who led the country from 1979 to 1990, and the second in British history. He welcomed the fact that the UK would be getting a second female prime minister - after Margaret Thatcher - and called for a "civilised, inclusive, positive and optimistic debate". She has long held strongly Euroskeptic views and has said there will be no rerun of the referendum if she becomes prime minister. Leadsom has argued that the country can trust only a true leave champion to drive the hard bargain with Brussels on cutting ties. "Qualifying party members" of more than three months' standing can vote. Johnson, who backed Leadsom in a move widely perceived as revenge against Gove, issued a statement Wednesday calling her “well placed to win and replace the absurd gloom in some quarters with a positive, confident and optimistic approach.” 
 
 He also celebrated the fact that the Tories will have been responsible for both of Britain’s female prime ministers, calling the center-right party “the most progressive party in Britain.” 
 
 Karla Adam in London and Brian Murphy in Washington contributed to this report.
– Margaret Thatcher was the first, but she'll no longer be the only female prime minister the UK has ever had. Michael Gove has been eliminated from the ballot to become the next Conservative Party leader, leaving Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom as the final two candidates. The winner will become the UK's next prime minister, the BBC reports. Home Affairs Secretary May (a Remain supporter) led the most recent round of voting Thursday with 199 votes, followed by Energy Minister Leadsom (a Brexit supporter) with 84 and Gove with 46. Conservative MPs will decide on a winner, who will take over the job from David Cameron on Sept. 9, the Washington Post reports.