Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick now appear to be in a straight fight to make the final vote of members, after Tom Tugendhat was eliminated in poll of Tory MPs
Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick appear to be in straight fight to make final vote of members after Tom Tugendhat is eliminated in poll of Tory MPs
Tom Tugendhat, the former national security minister, was eliminated after finishing last in Tuesday’s vote with the backing of 20 MPs. His fellow centrist contender Mr Cleverly, however, charged to the front of the race with 39 backers, up from 21 in the previous elimination vote last month. The final vote of MPs will take place on Wednesday afternoon, when Mr Tugendhat’s 20 backers will have to settle on another contender.Chief suspect in Madeleine McCann case acquitted by German court of rape of Irish woman‘Beyond angry and frustrated’: Palestinians who fled war in Gaza face another in Lebanon
The final 24 hours before the next MP vote appeared certain to be a frenzy of last-minute lobbying by Ms Badenoch and Mr Jenrick, both of whom remain popular with the party membership who will make the final decision. Either way it appears that party members will have a clear ideological choice in the deciding vote between a more centrist candidate in Mr Cleverly and a right-leaning contender in Ms Badenoch or Mr Jenrick.
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