Cleverly knocked out of Tory leadership contest

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Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick have made the final two contenders in the Tory leadership race as James Cleverly was knocked out in the latest round of voting.    After Cleverly came out on top in Tuesday's vote, Badenoch got the most votes in this round with 42, followed by Jenrick on 41, and Cleverly on 37. 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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00:00As chairman of the 1922 committee and returning officer in the leadership

00:04contest I can now give you the results of the fourth and final parliamentary

00:09ballot so 120 MPs voted and I can report the numbers of votes for each

00:20candidate as follows. Kemi Badenoch 42 votes, James Cleverley 37 votes and

00:31Robert Jenrick 41 votes. So as a result of that ballot James Cleverley is

00:40eliminated from the contest and Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick now go

00:45forward to the ballot of members. Thank you very much for your attendance.

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