Jenrick heads Tory leadership poll
Robert Jenrick speaking at a Conservative Party leadership campaign event at the QEII Centre in Westminster, London, September 1, 2024
HARD-LINE Tory rightwinger Robert Jenrick topped the poll in the first-round ballot to choose a new leader of the Conservative Party.
But Mr Jenrick, a former immigration minister who recently called for shouting “God is great” to be criminalised, only won 28 votes from the shrunken parliamentary party.
Former home secretary Priti Patel came last with 14 votes and is now out of the contest.
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by Andrew Murray
Political reporter