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Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss reach final two of Tory leadership race as Penny Mordaunt eliminated
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The final two will face a ballot of 160,000 Tory Party members, with the result due on 5 September. Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss reach final two of Tory leadership race
Conservative MPs have voted for the final two candidates to replace Boris Johnson.
Sunak got 137 votes, Truss 113, and Mordaunt 105.
The final two will face a ballot of 160,000 Tory Party members, with the result due on 5 September.
Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are the last two candidates to succeed Boris Johnson as the next Tory party leader and prime minister, after Penny Mordaunt was knocked out in the final Conservative MPs' vote.
Sunak topped the vote with support from 137 MPs, followed by Truss with 113 and Mordaunt with 105.
The former chancellor vows to "build a team that draws on all the talents and strengths" in the Conservative Party if selected, and insists he is the only candidate who can defeat Labour at the next election.
Truss also believes she can defeat Sir Keir Starmer, adding she is ready to hit the ground running as the next prime minister.
After her defeat, Mordaunt - who until today had been second in all previous rounds of voting - says MPs must work together to unify the party and "focus on the job that needs to be done".
Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner, meanwhile, says the Tories "have no leadership and no answers".
