Liam Fox has been eliminated from the Conservative leadership contest
after the first round, with Theresa May winning most votes.
Fox was the poorest performing candidate out of five – the others are
May, Michael Gove, Stephen Crabb and Andrea Leadsom.
Fox got 16 votes, Crabb received 34, Gove had 48, Leadsom 66 and May
got 165.
The Conservative Party's 330 MPs had between 11am and 6pm to place their
votes.
The ballot took place at the Parliament's Committee Corridor, with MP
Charles Walker overseeing the vote.
Further rounds of voting will take place this Thursday and the following
Tuesday until two candidates remain.
Party members will then choose from the two candidates backed by most
Tory MPs.
The winner is due to be named on 9 September.
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