Penny Mordaunt lists her achievements in her 85 days as defence secretary as being the first woman to hold the job – and implementing a pay increase that ensured no serviceman or woman was paid below the living wage.
A note circulated by supporters in her campaign, which has stalled after she lost one vote in the most recent poll, begins with her short time at the Ministry of Defence but relegates her more controversial and simultaneous tenure as equalities minister to sixth on a list of her ministerial jobs.
