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Liz Truss received a surge in support as she battles it out against Penny Mordaunt to face Rishi Sunak in the Tory leadership election run-off after Kemi Badenoch was eliminated.
Truss picked up 15 votes to command the support of 86 Tory MPs in the penultimate ballot, as the right of the party appears to be coalescing around her in the race for No 10.
Mordaunt increased her share by 10 to sit on 92, while Sunak gained an extra three votes to put him in 118, just shy of the number effectively guaranteeing him entry to the final phase.
Badenoch came last in the ballot on 59 votes, with Truss believed to be more likely to pick up a significant number of those votes than Mordaunt during the next ballot to be held on Wednesday.
By Sam Blewett and David Hughes, PA Political Staff
source: PA
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