The contest is not over and more votes among MPs are scheduled next week to narrow down the field of seven remaining candidates. “I am delighted to win the first ballot, but we have a long way to go,” Johnson wrote on Twitter after his victory in the first round. In total, seven Tory candidates won through to the second round of voting among MPs while three were knocked out. The other contenders going into round two are: Dominic Raab in fourth place with 27 votes, Sajid Javid (23 votes), Matt Hancock (20 votes), and Rory Stewart (19 votes). Under the leadership election rules, Conservative MPs hold a series of votes to whittle down the candidates until two are left.

Source: National Post June 13, 2019 17:02 UTC