In full: Tories decide final two leadership candidates

The final round of Tory MP voting in the Conservative Party leadership race will get underway this afternoon.

MPs have 90 minutes to cast their ballot, with the result due to be announced at 3.30pm.

One candidate will be eliminated, leaving a final two who will then face a ballot of Tory members.

The winner of the contest will then be announced on Nov 2.

This is how yesterday’s vote played out:

Kemi Badenoch: 30
James Cleverly: 39
Robert Jenrick: 31
Tom Tugendhat: 20 (eliminated)

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[sextonblake]

Cleverly?
Never was a Home Secretary so inappropriately named.

[brg]

Starmer must be popping the champagne.

[blacklisted]

Lmfao. Is this a joke. Conservatives my arse. Not even British

[Woodzta]

Oh dear. Looks like the Tories are becoming allergic to relevance.

[steveedwards]

Both of them are irrelevant. The tories are finished, good ridance.

[monkeyboy]

Jimmy Dimly's campaign was doomed the moment loser Can't Shapps became involved.

[Pwecko]

Why not just show the last two minutes?

[HymnfortheDudes]

Badenoch wants to keep the doesn't. Jenrjyck can give the people what they want.

[PJH]

Oh dear, this is the Tory equivalent of Labour picking Jeremy Corbyn. The party members will love it, but the voters will despair.

[graemewillard]

Reminiscent of a 1960’s PGTips advert!

[mobiusinversion]

Kemi is a brilliant genius and mastermind. I vote Kemi

[bacburrito]

So one nation blob will no doubt try and oust the members choices

[Northumbria-jlbp]

Brilliant. ! Badenoch is the one and only !

[flanaj]

Why is everyone is BRITISH Government foreign? (Rhetorical question. I know the answer).

[TuanTran-pcdu]

Another round’s of circus. Benefiting themselves only…