Boris Johnson is bookmaker's favourite to succeed Cameron
LONDON, June 24 (Reuters) - Former London mayor and leading Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson is the favourite to succeed David Cameron as Prime Minister, bookmaker Ladbrokes (Amsterdam: LB6.AS - news) said in a statement on Friday.
Cameron said he would stand down by October after voters ignored his pleas to stay in the European Union and voted to leave the bloc in a referendum.
Ladbrokes (LSE: LAD.L - news) quoted Johnson at evens, ahead of interior minister Theresa May at 3/1 and Justice Secretary Michael Gove at 5/1. (Reporting by Sarah Young; editing by Stephen Addison)