Mel Stride knocked out of Tory leadership race as Jenrick tops second round [Video]

MEL STRIDE HAS been eliminated from the Conservative leadership contest as Robert Jenrick topped the second round of voting by MPs.

The second ballot in the Conservative leadership contest put Jenrick first with 33 votes, followed by Kemi Badenoch with 28.

James Cleverly and Tom Tugendhat tied with 21 votes.

Mr Stride came in last with 16, knocking him out of the race.

Dame Priti Patel was eliminated in the first round of voting, in which Mr Jenrick also came out on top.

Compared to the first round, Ms Badenoch made the most gains, picking up six votes, while Mr Jenrick picked up five and Mr Tugendhat picked up four.

Despite securing the public endorsement of two of Dame Priti’s former backers, Mr Cleverly netted the same number of votes as he did in the first round.

Shadow home secretary Mr Cleverly said Mr Stride would “play a big part in our party’s future”, despite his elimination from the …