BBCNEWS BBC News July 7, 2024
the chairman of the 1922 committee. good evening. i can announce the result of the ballot held this afternoon. i will read the names of the candidates in ever bigger to go order with the number of votes secured —— in alphabetical order. kemi badenoch, a0. suella braverman, 32. jeremy hunt, 18. penny morden, 67. rishi sunak, 88 —— penny mordaunt. liz truss, 50. tom tugendhat, 37. nadim zahawi, 25. therefore under the rules we agreed for this ballot, two candidates will be eliminated, jeremy hunt and nadim zahawi. the others are able to go forward into the second ballot which w...