UK's Rishi Sunak wins third round leadership vote
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- Rishi SunakBritish politician (born 1980)
- Boris JohnsonPrime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2019
- Tom TugendhatBritish Conservative politician (born 1973)
LONDON (Reuters) - Former British finance minister Rishi Sunak won the most support in the third round of voting to find a replacement for Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday.
Lawmaker Tom Tugendhat was eliminated. The full results are below:
Candidate Third round votes
Rishi Sunak 115
Penny Mordaunt 82
Liz Truss 71
Kemi Badenoch 58
Tom Tugendhat 31
(Reporting by Kylie MacLellan and Alistair Smout, writing by William James; Editing by Toby Chopra)