Rishi Sunak's place on the members' ballot looks all but guaranteed - but not much else is certain as MPs vote again on Tuesday and Wednesday
On paper, it is former treasury and equalities minister Kemi Badenoch who looks the most vulnerable on Tuesday, as of the remaining candidates she is in last place, with 58 votes.
But she made the biggest gains aside from Mr Sunak on Monday, putting on nine votes after a polished performance in the two TV debates held over the weekend. Supporters claim she is now peeling away votes from Ms Truss, who sits in third with 71 votes – but Mrs Badenoch has a large hill to climb in less than 24 hours to pass her.The third-placed Foreign Secretary gained the backing of just seven more MPs – well short of the 13 to 18understood her campaign was expecting following the elimination of hard Brexiteer Suella Braverman.
Things are not going much better for Ms Mordaunt, who held onto second place on Monday but slid backwards by one vote, after days of public attacks on her previous policy positions,She will be hoping on Tuesday to pick up more supporters from centrist Tom Tugendhat, who was eliminated from the contest with 31 MPs backing him.
But if either of Mrs Badenoch or Ms Truss is eliminated in Tuesday’s ballot, the other could hoover up their votes on Wednesday – leaving Ms Mordaunt with a challenging path to the final two.The final day of voting by MPs will happen onthe Tory Party members will choose between the two candidates, as a series of regional events are heldQueen invites the new leader to form a Government on
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