Tory leadership: Latest results - Who has gained most votes from knocked out MPs?
THE TORY LEADERSHIP RACE has seen the final five contesters battle for the final four spots in today's ballot results which eliminated one candidate. But who has won the most votes from eliminated MPs since the first round?
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The five Conservative MPs hoping to replace Theresa May as party leader and prime minister have become four as Rory Stewart was eliminated at the third leadership contest ballot. Boris Johnson came out on top again today, winning 143 votes, with 126 in second round. Ex-Brexit secretary Dominic Raab's Tory leadership campaign ended yesterday after the second ballot, after winning just 30 votes, with a minimum of 33 votes requirement. But who gained the excess votes from the five candidates eliminated during the first and second leadership ballots?
FULL RESULTS OF TONIGHT’S BALLOT
BORIS JOHNSON - 143 (last ballot: 126)
RORY STEWART - 27 (last ballot: 37)
SAJID JAVID - 38 (last ballot: 33)
JEREMY HUNT - 54 (last ballot: 46)
MICHAEL GOVE - 51 (last ballot: 41)
During the first ballot, four candidates: Andrea Leadsom, Esther McVey and Mark Harper were eliminated - while Matt Hancock dropped out of the race.
The second ballot saw Dominic Raab eliminated from the race.
In total, these candidates won 80 votes during the ballot, but where did these votes go?
How did the votes change?
Boris Johnson won the largest number of votes from the second round with 17 votes.
Sajid Javid gained 5 votes.
Jeremy Hunt gained 8 votes.
Michael Gove gained 10 votes.
Since the first ballot, Boris Johnson has gained 29 votes, winning 114 votes in the first round.
Sajid Javid gained the second highest number of votes with 15 additional votes since the first ballot.
Next is Michael Gove who has won 14 votes since the first round.
Jeremy Hunt has gained the fourth highest number of votes with 11 votes won since the first ballot.