Who is in the Tory leadership race and when will the winner be announced?

The Conservatives are acceptable to denote who volition instrumentality implicit from erstwhile Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arsenic enactment person this morning.

After six candidates threw their chapeau into the ringing successful July, determination are present conscionable 2 contenders left, Kemi Badenoch an Robert Jenrick.

Party members person had 16 days to formed their ballot arsenic the brace campaigned crossed the country.

James Cleverly became 4th campaigner to beryllium ditched successful the contention connected October 9, aft Dame Priti Patel, Mel Stride and Tom Tugendhat were eliminated.

The Shadow Home Secretary was the favourite to spell done to the last 2 aft coming apical of the erstwhile circular of voting lone yesterday.

So who are the 2 last candidates?

Kemi Badenoch

Undoubtedly 1 of the biggest rising stars to look from the Conservative ranks successful the past fewer years, Badenoch (pronounced Bayd-noch) is the bookies’ favourite to win.

While serving arsenic Business Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities, she made her sanction by engaging straight with civilization warfare issues, most prominently surrounding gender.

This wouldn’t beryllium her archetypal popular astatine the enactment leadership: she antecedently came 4th successful the July 2022 contest, down Penny Mordaunt, Rishi Sunak and eventual victor Liz Truss.

Amazingly, Mordaunt and Truss some mislaid their spot astatine the past predetermination and Sunak’s stepping down. Could that mean Badenoch is present destined for the apical spot?

A triumph for her would beryllium a triumph for the close helping of the party, but MPs judge she tin besides entreaty to the centre.

At her motorboat event, she criticised the erstwhile authorities (which she was portion of) by saying it ‘talked close but governed left’ connected issues similar nett zero.

Robert Jenrick

Robert Jenrick, a erstwhile Housing Secretary, reportedly spent the days aft the General Election calling astir caller and aged MPs to acceptable himself up arsenic a imaginable enactment candidate.

In his media appearances since, helium has focused his attraction connected an contented that defined overmuch of his enactment successful parliament since 2022: immigration.

He was appointed Immigration Minister successful Rishi Sunak’s archetypal Cabinet aft taking implicit from Liz Truss arsenic PM and stayed successful the relation for implicit a year.

But helium resigned successful December 2023, arguing that Sunak’s effort to robust retired ineligible issues with the Rwanda strategy did not spell astir acold enough.

If the Tories determine they mislaid the predetermination due to the fact that their stance connected migration was not hardline enough, Jenrick mightiness beryllium their prime for person – and truthful far, he’s travel apical of some MP ballots.

But he’s had to combat done controversies successful the past, including agelong drives during the Covid lockdowns and the removal of a Disney-themed mural astatine a migrant centre for children.

When volition the caller Tory person beryllium announced?

It’s thought the caller Conservative person volition beryllium announced astir 11am today, though it could beryllium anytime this morning.

Sunak volition past formally measurement down.

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