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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Pippa Crerar & Dan Bloom

Tory leadership race veers further right as Tom Tugendhat out and Liz Truss advances

The Tory leadership contest shifted further to the right tonight as Tom Tugendhat was eliminated.

Four candidates for Britain’s next Prime Minister remain after the former Army officer, widely regarded as the most moderate of those hoping to seize the Tory crown, received 31 votes from MPs.

He was behind Kemi Badenoch on 58, Liz Truss on 71, Penny Mordaunt on 82 and Rishi Sunak on 115 - close the 120 he'd need to be guaranteed a spot in the final two.

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