Priti Patel has been eliminated from the Conservative leadership contest after the first round of voting.
Robert Jenrick's currently in the lead as Tory MPs cast their ballots for Rishi Sunak's replacement.Ms Patel won just 14 votes.Voting is set to continue in the coming weeks until there are two candidates left, leaving party members to pick the new leader.The result is set to be announced on 2 November.
"It is a damning indictment of the state of the Conservative Party that these candidates are the best they have to offer. "The Conservatives left the worst possible inheritance. Labour is getting on with the job of fixing it." Tom Tugendhat said it was a "privilege" to have made it through the first round of voting in the Tory leadership contest and paid tribute to eliminated candidate Dame Priti Patel.
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