Only two Tory MPs will make it to the membership for a final election – which is why the number of endorsements matters. On the first round, Rishi Sunak got the support of 88 MPs, followed by Penny Mordaunt on 67, Liz Truss on 50, Kemi Badenoch on 40, Tom Tugendhat on 37 and Suella Braverman on 32. On the second round, Braverman was eliminated as Sunak came top again with 101 MPs then Mordaunt and Truss on 83 and 64 each, followed by Badenoch on 49 and Tugendhat on 32.
On the third round, Tugendhat was eliminated as Sunak got 115 votes, followed by Mordaunt on 82, Truss on 71 and Badenoch on 58. Then on the fourth round, Badenoch was eliminated as Sunak got 118, then Mordaunt on 92 and Truss 86.
Those numbers corresponds to public backers too: Sunak has the highest number of declared MPs in support with 77, then Penny Mordaunt on 48 and Liz Truss on 43.
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