UK’s Rishi Sunak wins third round leadership vote

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)

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