Conservative leadership race – Round 2 RESULTS – Key moments
Suella Braverman OUT
Braverman scored only 27 – that’s less than yesterday’s vote.
Tom Tugendhat also got less than yesterday but is still through to the next round.
Rishi Sunak is now over 100 and Penny Mordaunt and Liz Truss have also gained votes – however, Truss is still far behind second-place Penny.
Break for Sunak?
Sunak will need to be over 120 votes to start ‘lending votes’ to other candidates – if he does get over 120 on Monday he could lend votes to Liz Truss to kick Penny Mordaunt out of the race. (Mordaunt is the favourite according to polls).
It could end up being a tight race between Mordaunt and Truss for the second place – before the vote goes to the Tory party members.
Today’s results suggests Rishi Sunak is the clear favourite to reach the final two.
It’s been another busy day in Westminster – here are some of the key moments ahead of the results at 15:00 pm.
- The results today will knock out one of the six remaining candidates.
- Rishi Sunak won round 1 , followed by Penny Mordaunt in second.
- But polling shows Mordaunt is the bookies’ favourite and amongst polling Tories.
- Liz Truss came in third and formally opened her campaign today, saying she was ready to be PM from day 1.
- Her allies are urging Suella Braverman and Kemi Badenoch to pull out of the contest and “united the right” of the party.
- Tom Tugendhat said he was “untainted” by Johnson’s govt and was “still in this fight”
- Rishi Sunak insisted his wealthy upbringing does not stop him from understanding the hardships facing households.
- Nicola Sturgeon called the whole contest “deeply undemocratic” – as she calls for Scottish independence.
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- Tory MPs have finished voting in the second round of the leadership race
- Last placed candidate will be eliminated today
- Results LIVE at 15:00 pm
- Rishi Sunak won the first round, Penny Mordaunt came second and Liz Truss third
- Suella Braverman, Tom Tugendhat and Kemi Badenoch make up the full 6 candidates.
