Conservative leadership race: Rishi Sunak vs Liz Truss – Mordaunt knocked out!

Penny Mordaunt has been knocked out of the Conservative leadership race. Liz Truss gained 27 votes since the last round, Penny Mordaunt gained 13 votes and was 8 votes behind Truss. Rishi Sunak is 24 votes ahead of Truss.

BREAKING 5th round of Tory leadership

(Last round in brackets)

Mordaunt 105 (92)
Sunak 137 (118)
Truss 113 (86)

SUNAK V TRUSS GO THROUGH TO MEMBERSHIP BALLOT

— Paul Waugh (@paulwaugh) July 20, 2022

The role of the TV debates – ITV debate disaster, Sky cancelled, BBC debate set for Monday

Summary

Tory MPs have voted for the final two candidates to replace Boris Johnso
The result is due at 16:00 – Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt and Liz Truss are the contenders
The winners will face a ballot of 160,000 Tory Party members, with the result due on 5 September
Mordaunt’s team fear she has been knocked out of the race
In the previous round, Sunak was top while Mordaunt came second and Truss third
Earlier, PM made a dig at Sunak and seemingly backed Liz Truss

Mass exodus, 10 hopefuls down to 2, The next Tory leader will have to unite a broken party