Matt Hancock has been voted leader of the I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! campsite - and says it "more than makes up for" his failed Tory leadership bid three years ago. The former health secretary was in the running to replace Theresa May in the 2019 Conservative Party leadership contest in 2019 but later withdrew and backed Boris Johnson.
But the West Suffolk MP wasn't to be denied in the I'm A Celebrity jungle, as he took control of the ITV reality show's campsite on Sunday night's episode (Nov 13). Matt had received enough votes from the public to go head-to-head with former England rugby star Mike Tindall in a challenge for the leadership.
He recruited Loose Women presenter Charlene White as a teammate - despite previously clashing over his breaking of Covid-19 guidance during the pandemic - as they triumphed in the challenge involving working together to switch on a series of lights. Ahead of the task, Mike - who is married to King Charles' niece Zara Tindall - joked: "If I went home and I’d lost to Matt Hancock, I’d be in so much s***."
