Tory leadership race down to final two

Summary

Final two candidates - Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt - go to a vote of Conservative Party members
Environment Secretary Michael Gove knocked out of contest
Mr Johnson got the support of more than 50% of Conservative MPs
Home Secretary Sajid Javid was eliminated in another ballot, earlier on Thursday

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Paul Seddon and Katie Wright

Team Johnson: We're done!published at 17:27 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
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'No arm-bending' in fight for votespublished at 17:26 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
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Steve Brine, one of the MPs backing Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt's leadership bid, says it's important the next PM is "match-fit" to step into No 10, and his man is "already a respected figure on the world stage".
He will give Boris Johnson the "fight of his life" if he makes it into the final two, he adds.
Mr Brine says MPs have been well behaved in the contest for votes so far, adding there's been “no arm-bending, nothing threatened, nothing promised”.
Fight for second place 'extremely tight'published at 17:23 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
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MP Tom Tugendhat, who is backing Michael Gove, says the race for second place between his man and Jeremy Hunt is "extremely tight".
He reveals he tried to court a former Sajid Javid backer "within seconds" of the home secretary getting knocked out in the ballot earlier today.
On why he is backing Mr Gove, he says he offers a "proven ability to deliver in every office he's ever held".
Lord Heseltine: State of Tory party 'deeply depressing'published at 17:10 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
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Gove and Johnson: That jaw-dropping day from 2016published at 17:06 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
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Pictured: All smiles for Team Johnsonpublished at 17:03 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
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How do Tory MPs vote in leadership contest?published at 17:01 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
The actual process for allowing MPs to vote in the leadership election is a fairly traditional affair.
There's no electronic voting, with parliamentarians having to walk into Committee Room 14 in the House of Commons to pop their voting slip into a black metal box.
When they show up to vote, MPs have to show their parliamentary pass to prove who they are.
The ballot papers bear the stamp of the backbench 1922 Committee - which is responsible for holding the contest - and change colour for each round.
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PM's de facto deputy says 'proper debate' needed in contestpublished at 16:59 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
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Team Gove 'confident they have half of Javid's backers'published at 16:55 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
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Fox: Not just journalists, pleasepublished at 16:53 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
Referring to Boris Johnson and Michael Gove, International Trade Secretary Liam Fox - a Jeremy Hunt supporter - says there shouldn't be two former journalists in the final two.
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International Trade Secretary Liam Fox votespublished at 16:46 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
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One MP delivers nine proxy votespublished at 16:38 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
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Javid refuses to say who he voted forpublished at 16:20 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
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No comment again from Boris Johnsonpublished at 16:07 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
Frontrunner Boris Johnson goes in to vote without making any comment to journalists.
He also leaves in silence.
He managed to jump the queue, according to ITV News correspondent Angus Walker...
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Tory MP: 'This is what voter fatigue looks like'published at 16:01 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
We are five rounds into this leadership contest and there is the prospect of a further ballot if there is a second place tie.
Newbury MP Richard Benyon has tweeted this selfie from the corridor where MPs are back yet again to vote.
"This is what voter fatigue looks like," he says.
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Hunt is 'confident but not overconfident'published at 16:00 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
It's all about the race for second place now.
Speaking as he waited in the queue to vote, candidate and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt - currently in third place - said he was feeling "confident but not overconfident... Realistic".
Jeremy Hunt told to wait in the queuepublished at 16:00 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
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Another charmer...published at 15:56 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
Leadership candidate Michael Gove tells journalists "you've all been wonderful" as he leaves the voting room.
Stewart keeps his vote secretpublished at 15:56 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
Former candidate Rory Stewart would not tell the waiting journalists who he had voted for and he insisted he did not spoil his ballot in the previous round.
When asked whether he or his supporters would back Michael Gove he said waiting journalists were "charmers, all of you".
Michael Gove is 'confident'published at 15:55 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
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