A new prime minister is set to be announced on 5 September, but who is still in the running to enter Number 10?
Tom Tugendhat, the chair of the Commons foreign affairs select committee, is a former soldier who is yet to have held a ministerial position within government.
Not generally considered a popular choice who won just 377 votes, Tugendhat campaigned to remain in the and has stated that he’s “always been a low tax Conservative” and would support a reduction in corporation tax., but he did vote in favour of legalising abortion in Northern Ireland. According to, he has “consistently voted for a reduction in spending on welfare benefits” with 23 votes for and zero against.
According to a survey of party members by the ConservativeHome website, Mordaunt is the grassroots favourite, and her campaign has promised to prioritise families. In the first round of voting, Mordaunt came in second with 67 votes, and is also the overwhelming choice of the Tory grassroots who will pick the next leader, according to a
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