The field of candidates hoping to be the new Conservative leader and next Prime Minister has now been whittled down to five. Suella Braverman finished last in the latest round of voting by Conservative MPs, so is eliminated from the contest.
The full result was as follows: Kemi Badenoch 49 votes, Suella Braverman 27, Penny Mordaunt 83, Rishi Sunak 101, Liz Truss 64 and Tom Tugendhat 32.
So Badenoch, Mordaunt, Sunak, Truss and Tugendhat will now go forward to a third round of voting, where again the loser will be eliminated. The process will continue until there are just two candidates remaining – Conservative members will then decide which of those two should be the new leader.
