NEWS STORY : Mel Stride Out of Conservative Leadership Contest

STORY

Mel Stride is the second candidate to have left the contest to become the next Conservative leader after he secured the lowest number of votes in the second round of voting by Conservative MPs. Robert Jenrick secured 33 votes, Kemi Badenoch secured 28 votes whilst James Cleverly and Tom Tugenhadt received 16 votes. The next vote of Tory MPs will be after the party’s conference, when the party members will then decide between the final two candidates.