Time up for Theresa? Odds slashed on PM leaving in 2019
Published:Theresa May’s time as Prime Minister may be coming to an end, according to our latest odds.
The former Home Secretary is now just 8/11 to move out of 10 Downing Street in 2019 – the shortest odds yet.
It’s 5/1 that May goes before the end of this year, while we go 2/1 that she sticks it out until 2020 or later.
If she does leave, Boris Johnson is the likeliest replacement at 4/1. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is second in the betting at 6/1.
Alex Apati of Ladbrokes said: “May’s days in Downing Street are numbered according to the latest odds, with a 2019 exit now looking more likely than ever.”
Ladbrokes Latest Betting:
Boris Johnson – 4/1
Jeremy Corbyn – 6/1
Sajid Javid – 7/1
Jacob Rees-Mogg – 10/1
Jeremy Hunt – 12/1
Michael Gove – 12/1
Andrea Leadsom – 14/1
Dominic Raab – 16/1
Penny Mordaunt – 20/1
33/1 bar
All Odds and Markets correct as of date of publication