page_title: Premiership of Boris Johnson
section_title: First 100 days
hierarchical_section_title: Premiership of Boris Johnson / First 100 days
caption_attribution_description: President Donald J. Trump and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, joined by members of their delegations, participate in working breakfast meeting Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019, at Hotel du Palais Biarritz in Biarritz, France, site of the G7 Summit. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)
context_page_description: The premiership of Boris Johnson began on 24 July 2019 when Johnson accepted Queen Elizabeth II's invitation, at her prerogative, to form a government. It followed the resignation of Theresa May, who stood down as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party following Parliament's repeated rejection of her Brexit withdrawal agreement.
  The results of the leadership election were announced at an event in Westminster on 23 July 2019. Johnson was declared leader with 92,153 votes, 66.4% of the total ballot, while his competitor Jeremy Hunt received 46,656 votes. In a snap general election in December 2019, Johnson led the Conservative Party to their biggest victory since 1987. Following the election, Parliament ratified Johnson's Brexit withdrawal agreement, and the UK left the European Union on 31 January 2020, beginning an eleven-month transition period.
  The global pandemic of COVID-19 emerged as a serious crisis within the country in early 2020, a disease particularly dangerous to the elderly and those with underlying health conditions. In late March, it was announced that Johnson himself had tested positive for the disease.
context_section_description: Johnson focused on strengthening the Union within his first few days in office, creating a Minister for the Union position and visiting Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
caption: Johnson with U.S. President Donald Trump at the G7 summit in Biarritz, 25 August 2019
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