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Cleverly emerges as Tory leadership frontrunner after third round of voting
Tom Tugendhat knocked out of contest as Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch remain in running for final MPs’ ballot
James Cleverly has topped the latest MPs’ vote in the Conservative leadership contest, in a surprise set of results that makes him the new favourite to replace Rishi Sunak.
In the third round of voting, Cleverly took 39 of the 120 votes, above Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch. Tom Tugendhat came fourth, becoming the latest candidate to be eliminated.
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