The joint acting chairs of the 1922 Committee - Dame Cheryl Gillan and Charles Walker - will announce the results from this room.

Tory MP Vicky Ford is backing Jeremy Hunt in the contest.

She says the Conservative Party needs a "trusted" leader who is "competent on the national stage, with the layer of gravitas" - all qualities she believes the foreign secretary has.

She says this will give the EU the confidence to negotiate with the UK again.

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Former leadership contestant Stephen Crabb - who is backing Sajid Javid - says his candidate is "very experienced" but, unlike Boris Johnson, he "represents the future".

He tells Politics Live: "[Mr Javid] is very much tomorrow's leader and we can have him today."

When it comes to Brexit, Mr Crabb says Mr Javid "understands the Irish border issue" and can have a fresh conversation with the EU.

"We need to choose someone who is pragmatic and smart," he adds.

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Foreign Office Minister Mark Field calls for "calm and considered dialogue" with Hong Kong and China over proposed changes to extradition laws.

The government has "reiterated" its message for "time for proper negotiation and for adequate safeguards" to be introduced on any extradition laws, he says.

"Hong Kong matters hugely to the United Kingdom," he tells MPs.

Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry asks what safeguards are going to be in place on these new extradition laws.

She asks what the UK government "is prepared to do".

Mr Field says: "We clearly have to stand up at this stage." He adds: "We speak up strongly on human rights violations."

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Tory MP James Heappey, who is backing Boris Johnson in the race, says "finishing in front is success enough" for today's vote.

He tells BBC Two's Politics Live: "It has been clear over the last week that lots of colleagues from all of the party have been coming to join Boris and it is good to see."

Fellow MP Rachel Maclean wants to see Michael Gove get through "with a good showing".

"We have to see how the votes play out," she says.

"The support is still there, the core support [but] people are very unpredictable on how they vote."

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The committee corridor has been packed all morning and my sense is it is looking like a big win for Boris Johnson.

His team seem increasingly confident that he won't just win - he will win a commanding majority, moving into three figures.

This would be a big win and much bigger than expected.

There is a slight gravitational pull to Mr Johnson, as people want to be on the winning team, and there has been some accusations that his team have been playing hardball - telling MPs their career might not be so great if they don't back him.

But the area of interest is who is shaping up to take him on.

There is specualtion it may be Jeremy Hunt and that Michael Gove's support is starting to fractutre.

But the wild card is Sajid Javid, who had a better than expected launch on Wednesday.

Talk from Mr Johnson's people is he would be a harder candidate to go up against.

It doesn't mean he is going to beat Mr Johnson, but it would be a much tougher, more interesting contest.

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Former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith has defended Boris Johnson's minimal media appearances by saying the contest is "about MPs" at this stage.

He told BBC News: "What people need to understand is that, first off, he has had to see every MP.

"Secondly, he has been at four hustings now and with all respect to all [media outlets], there is nobody tougher than a bunch of MPs staring straight at him in a group, questioning him."

He adds: "He will go more into the media as this competition goes more into the public."

The BBC's popular politics podcast will make its way to television from September.

The award-winning Brexitcast - hosted by political editor Laura Kuenssberg, Europe editor Katya Adler, and correspondents Adam Fleming and Chris Mason - will be be shown on BBC One late on Thursday nights, replacing This Week.

It's the first BBC podcast to be commissioned as a BBC television programme.

"Who says no one's interested in politics?!" said Kuenssberg.

Read more about the launch here.

Round one voting for the next leader of the Tory Party - and next UK prime minister - has closed.

The result is expected around 13:00 BST.

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When it comes to leadership elections in the Conservative Party, there is a habit for the bookies' favourite to fall at the last hurdle.

The last change at the top was a little different, as all the other candidates pulled out, leaving Theresa May as leader.

But in 2005, the first ballot saw David Davis polling with the highest number (62) - despite second-placed David Cameron (with 56) eventually winning out.

In 2001, Michael Portillo led the votes at the first stage with 49, but Iain Duncan Smith (who had 39) won the contest.

And in 1997, Ken Clarke was ahead of the pack at vote one with 49 votes. But William Hague (who had 41) became the next leader.

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Leader of the House Mel Stride says proroguing Parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit is “not the government’s policy... at all, and it is certainly the feeling on this side of the House that Her Majesty The Queen should be kept out of politics."

"A deal is better than having no deal, provided we can come together to secure that outcome," he says.

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Shadow leader of the House Valerie Vaz says "Parliament is not irrelevant, particularly at this time when we have a minority government."

"It's so outrageous, morally and constitutionally, when candidates in the Tory leadership election are suggesting they'll put our gracious sovereign in a position to prorogue Parliament."

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Tory leadership contender Rory Stewart says the UK risks being stuck in a political "zombieland" if Parliament does not pass a Brexit deal and no decisions are taken.

The international development secretary says his rivals who are promising to deliver on Brexit by the end of October are "misleading themselves and others", saying it would be "very, very tough" to leave the EU by the deadline.

Speaking to BBC Scotland, Mr Stewart says: "We could be trapped in the European Union in the middle of next year unless Parliament comes to a decision.

"If there was some easy solution to this we would have left the European Union already."

He claims that the "only logical position" is to persuade MPs to back the existing withdrawal agreement negotiated between the EU and Theresa May.

He adds: "You're not going to get a new deal out of Europe and you're not going to get no deal through Parliament, so the only route is to get a deal through Parliament."

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