Three runners remain in the race – Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt and Liz Truss – after Kemi Badenoch was ruled out of the race on Tuesday. They will face another ballot from Tory MPs today, with the result to be announced at 4pm. The winner is expected to be announced on September 5th. Politics Hub: Truss and Mordaud battle for bottom two But as Tory MPs focus on their next boss, their current one, Boris Johnson, will take part in his final appearance at Prime Minister’s Questions from 12pm. While he will remain in place until the next leader is confirmed, Parliament is set to shut shop for the summer recess this week, meaning there will be no further appearances by Mr Johnson in the mission office as prime minister. Read more: Starmer calls Boris Johnson ‘bull********’ and potential leaders ‘B grade’ He also held his final cabinet meeting at Number 10 on Tuesday, with Defense Secretary Ben Wallace describing the mood as “sad”. He told Sky News that Mr Johnson had been “a very successful prime minister”, but added: “Politics is about people … it’s about people and what they need, and that’s what we all focus on in the Conservative Party.” The latest round of voting saw former chancellor Mr Sunak remain top of the polls with 118 votes, but still two short of the 120 target that guarantees a place in the bottom two. Trade Secretary Ms Mordaunt remained in second place with 92, gaining 10 votes in the previous round. But the Secretary of State, Mrs Truss, manages to cure her 86, having won an additional 15 supporters. Ms Badenoch only received the support of 59 MPs, seeing her out of the race, so all eyes will now be on where those votes will go in the final MP-only vote. Image: Conservative leadership contest fourth round results She has yet to announce who she will support, only tweeting to thank her supporters and say what her campaign has achieved in two weeks “demonstrates the level of support for our vision for change for our country and for the Conservative Party”. Both Ms Mordaunt and Ms Truss praised the former Equality Secretary’s performance, saying she had “electrified the competition” and “made a huge contribution to the battle of ideas”. Some of her backers also revealed their intentions, with Defense Secretary Leo Docherty saying he would now back Ms Truss, while Sir Desmond Swayne was behind Mr Sunak. But while it looks likely that Mr Sunak will make it to the bottom two, the race for second place will remain unknown until Sir Graham Brady announces the results this afternoon. Ahead of the vote, the final three candidates also announced additional policies to bolster their campaigns. Ms Mordaunt said she would introduce a victims’ bill into parliament, while Mr Sunak promised laws to crack down on grooming gangs. The leadership contest was sparked when Boris Johnson announced he would leave Downing Street following an avalanche of ministerial resignations over his handling of the Chris Pincher scandal. You can watch the result of Tory MPs’ final party leadership vote at 4pm today on Sky News, online and on the app and on social media.
