Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including the first round of voting in the Tory leadership contestFull results: round one of the Conservative leadership electionAndrea Leadsom, Esther McVey and Mark Harper out of raceFirst round ballot results – Snap analysis 2.52pm BST My colleague Jessica Elgot has coined a new and very useful term for Tory MPs who back Rory Stewart – but are unwilling to come out and say so.Do we have a new phenomenon – the “shy Rories”? @DavidGauke says he believes @RoryStewartUK did better than expected because there is “hidden support” from MPs who didn’t declare publicly. 2.51pm BST Michael Gove, the environment secretary who came third, says it’s “all to play for”. He is probably the best debater in the Commons, and seems to be looking forward to the Channel 4 hustings on Sunday.It’s all to play for. Very much looking forward to the Channel 4 and BBC debates – hope to see all other candidates there! #ReadyToLead #Gove4PM pic.twitter.com/iwwsG6zx1H Continue reading…
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