Rishi Sunak S Lead Narrows As Race For Uk Leader Heats Up Election News
However, the race remained open on Tuesday after the party’s members of parliament dropped former equalities minister Kemi Bandenos, leaving Sunak, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Penny Mordaud, the trade secretary, as the remaining candidates. Badenoch exited the race with 59 votes, while Rishi Sunak added three votes to Monday’s tally, securing the fourth ballot with 118. Mordaunt reached 92, while Truss saw an increase of 15 votes for a total of 86 votes....