Dame Priti Patel has been eliminated from the Conservative Party leadership contest after securing the least number of votes from Tory MPs in the first round of voting – 14. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00I do hereby declare the results of the first ballot as follows. I'll read the results in alphabetical order.
00:09Kenby Badenoch, 22 votes. James Cleverley, 21 votes. Robert Jenrick, 28 votes. Priti Patel, 14 votes.
00:20Mel Stride, 16 votes. And Tom Cukenhart, 17 votes.
00:26So as a result of the ballot, Priti Patel is eliminated from the contest.
00:34And there will be a further ballot next Tuesday to reduce the list from five to four candidates
00:41who will then be going to the Conservative Party conference.
00:44Thank you very much for your attendance and we look forward to the ballot next week.