Rishi Sunak (Jonathan Hordle/ITV)
(Picture: PA Media)Tom Tugendhat was eliminated from the Tory leadership race on Monday as Rishi Sunak’s place in the final two looked increasingly secure.
Pitching himself as the candidate to offer a clean start for the Conservative Party, backbench MP Mr Tugendhat was widely seen to have performed strongly in the campaign and TV debates but was knocked out of the contest in the third ballot of Tory MPs after receving just 31 votes.
