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

Live Reporting

Paul Seddon and Katie Wright

Watch: Mordaunt on Hunt slipping to third placepublished at 13:39 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
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Javid 'humbled by support'published at 13:38 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
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Gove 'has momentum'published at 13:37 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
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Michael Gove backer Nick Gibb says the fourth MPs' ballot was a "brilliant result" for the environment secretary, showing he has "momentum" in the race.
Citing a survey on the Conservative Home website, he says it is clear Tory party members want "two genuine Brexiteers" in the final run-off.
"He will make this a proper contest", Mr Gibb says, adding that Mr Gove's Brexit plan is "clear and credible".
Bookies' view of the contestpublished at 13:35 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
Tory leadership contest: What's next?published at 13:33 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
The fifth round of voting begins at 15:30 BST and closes at 17:30.
Once again, the candidate with the fewest number of votes will be eliminated.
The result is due to be announced from 18:00, when we'll know who has made it to the final two.
Gove ahead of Hunt for the first timepublished at 13:32 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
Here's a reminder of how the ballots have gone so far.
The first was held a week ago and seven candidates have been eliminated.
Today is the first day that Michael Gove has been ahead of Jeremy Hunt.
Crabb: Tactical voting allegations could damage Toriespublished at 13:31 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
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Another former Sajid Javid backer, Stephen Crabb, says his supporters knew the fourth ballot "was going to be really challenging".
He says he has not decided whom he will back now - and also predicts that Mr Javid's former supporters will "split three different ways" in the next round.
He says he is not sure whether any tactical voting has gone on in the voting so far - but even allegations that it has done could be damaging for the party.
However, Mr Crabb cautions that there are people "talking up" their "mastery of the dark arts", and it may have happened to a lesser extent than people want to believe.
Watch: Gove has had 'big breakthrough'published at 13:29 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
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Johnson 'almost certainly in the final'published at 13:27 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
Boris Johnson supporter Mark Francois says of the former foreign secretary: "He is almost certainly in the final.
"And the question is: who is his opponent going to be?
"And it's very close."
Sajid Javid 'won't endorse anyone publicly'published at 13:24 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
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Michael Gove: Absolutely delighted to come secondpublished at 13:23 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
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Vote numbers: The final fourpublished at 13:22 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
Mordaunt: We stand better chance with Jeremy Huntpublished at 13:21 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
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Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt says the party needs to put the best candidate forward to get Brexit done.
"I think we stand a better chance with Jeremy Hunt," she says.
"How do we bring the party together to do a good job for our constituents and the country?" she says. "That should be at the forefront of our minds."
Boris Johnson 'delighted' and 'grateful'published at 13:19 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
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Javid supporters 'will break for different candidates'published at 13:19 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
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Simon Hoare, who had been backing Sajid Javid, says he is "disappointed" with the result but "immensely proud" of the home secretary's campaign.
Mr Javid has shown he can attract a "broad base of support in the party", he adds.
He predicts that his 34 supporters in this round will “break for different candidates” in the next.
Boris Johnson gets more than half of the votespublished at 13:15 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
The frontrunner has won just over half of the votes cast in the fourth ballot - 157 out of a total of 311 votes (not including the two spoilt ballots).
The former foreign secretary looks well set to be one of the two names on the ballot papers sent to Tory members.
Where will Javid's votes go?published at 13:11 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
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Hunt and Gove in tight strugglepublished at 13:10 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
It looks sets to be a tight race in the fifth ballot later, with Jeremy Hunt coming just two votes behind Michael Gove in the fourth ballot.
Gove and Hunt throughpublished at 13:09 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
Breaking
Michael Gove and Jeremy Hunt both progress to the final round of MPs' voting this afternoon.
Boris Johnson has topped the poll again with 157 votes – that’s up from the 143 he got yesterday.
Fourth ballot: The resultspublished at 13:07 British Summer Time 20 June 2019
Here are the full results of the fourth ballot.
Boris Johnson - 157 votes
Michael Gove - 61 votes
Jeremy Hunt - 59 votes
Sajid Javid - 34 votes
Two ballot papers were spoilt out of 313.