Six Tory candidates left in leadership race after first ballot Two MPs were eliminated from the contest after the first round of voting Manchester Evening News · Jul 13, 2022
6 Tory leadership candidates through first round with Hunt and Zahawi both out In an evening of high drama at Westminster, Tory leadership candidate Penny Mordaunt stormed into a strong second place alongside Rishi Sunak - but she could be replaced by Liz Truss on the final ballot if the right unite around her Daily Mirror · Jul 13, 2022
Public still ‘unfamiliar’ with most Tory leadership candidates – poll An Ipsos survey found some candidates were barely more well known than a fake MP created by the pollster. The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022
Liz Truss vows to halt green levies as fears grow over Tory net zero promise Foreign secretary wants to look again at ‘best way of delivering net zero’ The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022
Ancestral ties: India avidly watching British leadership race Half a world away from the political drama in London, many Indians are closely following the twists and turns of who replaces Boris Johnson as British prime minister, curious to see how two candidates with Indian ancestry fare. Reuters · Jul 13, 2022
Who is backing who? 180 Tory MPs pledge their vote in leadership contest Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt and Liz Truss still lead the way as the first round of the vote looms. The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022
Boris Johnson boasts he's 'proud' and quits with 'head held high' in shameless PMQs The Prime Minister showed no remorse for years of sleaze and scandal in a defiant PMQs session with Keir Starmer - and even suggested he could skip next week's final clash ever Daily Mirror · Jul 13, 2022
Tory leadership: Hardline Brexiteers split over which candidate to back Top MPs in the European Research Group at odds over Liz Truss and Sue Braverman The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022
Tory leadership election plunges into bitter spats and lurches right as MPs hold key vote Right-wingers were splintering this morning between Liz Truss and 'woke warrior' Suella Braverman as policies tilted further to the right all the time - and TWO candidates quoted Margaret Thatcher Daily Mirror · Jul 13, 2022
Tory leadership: Who are the candidates and what did they do before politics? What job did the candidates do before they became an MP, where were they educated, and who were their parents? The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022
Tory odds: Who’s backing who in the leadership race? Conservative MPs are backing different candidates for leader across a broad field The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022
Boris Johnson’s loyal ally Steve Barclay backs Rishi Sunak for Tory leadership Former chancellor has ‘all the right attributes’, says ex-No 10 chief of staff The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022
Wednesday’s briefing: Who’s left in the Tory leadership contest – and who might win In today’s newsletter: Guardian political reporter Aubrey Allegretti talks us through the chances for the top candidates – from Truss and Sunak to Zahawi The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2022
Tory MPs to put leadership contenders through their paces with first ballot round Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Tom Tugendhat, Kemi Badenoch, Penny Mordaunt, Jeremy Hunt, Nadhim Zahawi and Suella Braverman will all be on the ballot. The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022
The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022 Who is backing who in leadership race as Tory MPs prepare to vote Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt and Liz Truss still lead the way.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2022 Deadlines, dropouts and ‘dark arts’: frenzied start to Tory leadership race Candidates jostle for position as contest begins in earnest, with some hoovering up support and others floundering
The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2022 Bitter split in Tory right may bolster leadership chances of Penny Mordaunt Brexiter trade minister stands to benefit from having friends across party as right wing falls into disarray
The National (Scotland) · Jul 12, 2022 Leading LGBT organisations tell Tory hopefuls to 'call off the culture war' TORY leadership contenders have been told to “call off the culture war” amid concerns that transgender people are being used as a wedge issue in…
France 24 · Jul 12, 2022 Diverse list of contenders raises prospect of first non-white British PM The list of contenders in the running to be the next UK prime minister is notably diverse – the result of years of work to promote ethnic minority talent within the conservative party. But would a black or Asian prime minister be a leap forward for racial equality in the…
Reuters · Jul 12, 2022 Eight candidates nominated to succeed UK PM Johnson Eight candidates will compete to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, the committee in charge of organising the leadership contest said on Tuesday.
Evening Standard · Jul 12, 2022 Who is Kemi Badenoch? Former business secretary elected Conservative Party leader North West Essex MP wins run off against Robert Jenrick
The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022 Tory leadership: All the MPs still in the race to replace Boris Johnson as leader - OLD Contest to succeed prime minister described by one Conservative politician as the ‘wacky races’
Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 12, 2022 Eight Candidates Nominated to Succeed UK PM Johnson Eight candidates will compete to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, the committee in charge of organizing the leadership contest said on Tuesday. The nominated candidates were Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman, Jeremy Hunt, Penny Mordaunt, Rishi Sunak, Tom Tugendhat, Liz Truss and Nadhim Zahawi.…
The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2022 Wide-open race for Tory leadership lays bare party divisions The eight candidates who got through to the first round come from across the party, with Rishi Sunak the early favourite
The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022 Eight candidates left in Tory leadership race as Sajid Javid knocked out Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss and Penny Mordaunt have secured most backers ahead of first ballot on Wednesday