Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss will face off to become Britain's next Prime Minister, after Tory MPs finished whittling down candidates from eight to two.
Penny Mordaunt, who surprised many early in the Tory leadership race, fell at the final hurdle and failed to secure enough backers to make her pitch to the Conservative Party membership this summer.
Ahead of this afternoon's ballot, which saw Mr Sunak receive 137 votes and Ms Truss 113, there were widespread allegations of "dirty tricks", with claims the former chancellor’s supporters had been encouraged to vote tactically to ensure a run-off with Ms Truss rather than Ms Mordaunt.
