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Tory leadership: Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt in the race
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Johnson won 160 votes against 77 for Hunt and 75 for Gove, amid suspicion at Westminster that the Johnson camp may have lent votes to the foreign secretary to knock out his bitter rival Gove. Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson are final two in Tory leadership race
Jeremy Hunt will face Boris Johnson in the race to be the next Tory leader and PM, after Michael Gove was eliminated in the final ballot of the party's MPs.
Environment Secretary Mr Gove was supported by 75 MPs - just two votes short of Mr Hunt's 77.
Mr Johnson, who was backed by 160 Conservative MPs, said he was looking forward to "getting out across the UK" and to set out his Brexit plan.
He and Mr Hunt will now be put to a vote of around 160,000 party members.
The winner will be announced in the week of 22 July.
All 313 Conservative MPs voted - with one spoiled ballot recorded.
On Twitter, Environment Secretary Mr Gove congratulated his rivals and said he was "naturally disappointed but so proud of the campaign we ran".
Former Foreign Secretary Mr Johnson said he was "deeply honoured" to have gained the backing of more than half of all Tory MPs.
