Liz Truss, who went to school in Leeds, has made it into the final pairing of the Conservative Party leadership election after narrowly sneaking past her rival Penny Mordaunt. In the fifth and final ballot of Tory MPs, Mrs Truss secured 113 votes - beating the Trade Minister by eight.
The former Roundhay School pupil, who is currently the Foreign Secretary, is now just one vote away from replacing Boris Johnson as Prime Minister along with her Tory colleague Rishi Sunak, the MP for Richmond. Their fate will now be decided by the vote of Tory party members, with the result expected to be announced on September 5.
Earlier this week, Mrs Truss came under fire following a Tory leadership debate over remarks she made about growing up and going to school in Rounday. During the hustings, the mum-of-two said she saw "children who failed and were let down by low expectations" and she became a Conservative after being let down herself at school.
