NEWS STORY : Priti Patel Knocked Out of First Round of Conservative Leadership Race

STORY

Priti Patel has been knocked out of the first round of the Conservative Party leadership race, the first of five candidates to be eliminated.

The result was:

Robert Jenrick – 28 votes

Kemi Badenoch – 22 votes

James Cleverly – 21 votes

Tom Tugendhat – 17 votes

Mel Stride – 16 votes

Priti Patel – 15 votes

Patel had previously served as the Home Secretary under the Johnson administration.