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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Josh Salisbury and Barney Davis

Conservative leadership race latest: Kemi Badenoch eliminated from Tory contest

Kemi Badenoch has been eliminated from the Tory leadership contest in the fourth round of votes.

In the fourth round of voting in the Tory leadership contest, Ms Badenoch had 59 votes, Penny Mordaunt had 92 votes, Rishi Sunak had 118 votes and Liz Truss had 86 votes.

On Monday, Tom Tugendhat dropped out of the race with the lowest number of votes.

The ballot will be repeated on Wednesday, leaving only two candidates.

The final two will then go before the party’s membership in a vote before the new prime minister is announced on September 5, in time for Parliament returning from recess.

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