Conservative leadership race: 2 eliminated in first round

Hunt and Zahawi are out of the Tory leadership race. Six go forward.

— Andrew Neil (@afneil) July 13, 2022

Jeremy Hunt and Nadhim Zahawi eliminated

Jeremy Hunt and Nadhim Zahawi have both been eliminated in the first round – Hunt scored just 18 whilst Zahawi was backed by 25 – both short of the 30 minimum to get through to the next round.

BREAKING: First round results of the Conservative leadership contest.

Rishi Sunak: 88
Penny Mordaunt: 67
Liz Truss: 50
Tom Tugendhat: 37
Kemi Badenoch: 40
Suella Braverman: 32
Nadhim Zahawi: 25
Jeremy Hunt: 18

Hunt and Zahawi out.

— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) July 13, 2022

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Summary 

• There are currently eight candidates in the running to be the Tory leader and PM
• Results are expected at 5 pm 
• Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman, Jeremy Hunt, Penny Mordaunt, Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Tom Tugendhat and Nadhim Zahawi are all in the running
• The government will table a confidence vote in itself – due next week – after blocking a Labour bid
• Watch the result announcement live by clicking the ‘play’ button at the top of this page

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Here’s a quick reminder of who’s still in the race: 

• Kemi Badenoch – seen as a rising star, the former equalities minister quit last week
• Suella Braverman – current attorney general, she has waged a “war on woke”
• Jeremy Hunt – former foreign secretary and health secretary, he was vocal critic of Boris Johnson
• Penny Mordaunt – current trade minister, she use to be a Royal Navy reservist
• Rishi Sunak – former chancellor whose resignation stunned Downing Street
• Liz Truss – current foreign secretary, she has promised to slash taxes from “day one”
• Tom Tugendhat – senior backbench MP who has never had a government job
• Nadhim Zahawi – former education secretary, vaccines minister – and current chancellor 

Votes are being counted 

The votes are currently being counted and a result is expected at around 5 pm. 

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Conservative Leadership race:  Voting ends in round one

Voting has closed in the first ballot of Tories MPs who are choosing from among the candidates to become the next party leader – and PM.  

The two-stage voting process will see the final two from the current 8 candidates proceed to a ballot of party members. 

To proceed to the next ballot of MPs, candidates need to secure 30 votes in today’s first round. 

The results from today’s ballot will be announced around 17:00 BST. 

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