Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick have made the final two contenders in the Tory leadership race as James Cleverly was knocked out in the latest round of voting.
After Cleverly came out on top in Tuesday's vote, Badenoch got the most votes in this round with 42, followed by Jenrick on 41, and Cleverly on 37. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
After Cleverly came out on top in Tuesday's vote, Badenoch got the most votes in this round with 42, followed by Jenrick on 41, and Cleverly on 37. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00As chairman of the 1922 committee and returning officer in the leadership
00:04contest I can now give you the results of the fourth and final parliamentary
00:09ballot so 120 MPs voted and I can report the numbers of votes for each
00:20candidate as follows. Kemi Badenoch 42 votes, James Cleverley 37 votes and
00:31Robert Jenrick 41 votes. So as a result of that ballot James Cleverley is
00:40eliminated from the contest and Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick now go
00:45forward to the ballot of members. Thank you very much for your attendance.