LONDON (Reuters) – A contest to replace Liz Truss as Conservative Party leader and Britain’s prime minister is underway after she said on Thursday she would resign. The election will take place within the governing party and is due to be completed next week. The chair of the Conservative Party’s 1922 Committee of backbench lawmakers Graham Brady laid out the rules of the contest on Thursday. Below are the highlights: CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADERSHIP CONTEST \- Any candidate running to be leader of the Conservative Party should have nominations from a minimum of 100 party lawmakers. \- Nominations…