Cleverly surges to first place in Tory leadership race as Tugendhat eliminated
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Cleverly surges to first place in Tory leadership race as Tugendhat eliminated

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Tugendhat, the shadow security minister, secured the support of just 20 of his fellow MPs while former home secretary Mr Cleverly received 39 votes after what had been seen as a strong performance at last week’s party conference. I’m excited to keep spreading our positive Conservative message.” Mr Jenrick, the former immigration minister, saw his support fall by two votes, while Ms Badenoch increased her total by two and Mr Tugendhat saw his support fall by one. Both Mr Jenrick and Ms Badenoch are seen as battling for the support of the right of the party as they attempt to make the final two, with Mr Cleverly now likely to make the final round as the “One Nation” wing’s candidate. A spokesperson for Ms Badenoch’s campaign said the party’s right wing “needs to coalesce around Kemi” given the fall in Mr Jenrick’s support, adding the former business secretary “can reach across and unify the party, has the star quality to cut through in opposition, and is indisputably the members’ choice for leader”.

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