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Tory leadership election: Leadsom beats Gove to join May on shortlist - live
Tory leadership election: Leadsom beats Gove to join May on shortlist - live
(35 minutes later)
4.52pm BST
16:52
Michael Gove is speaking now.
He thanks his supporters. He had some of the brightest and the best supporting him.
He congratulates Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom.
He says he is pleased the next PM will be a female PM with formidable skills.
He says members must assess their skills. He hopes the party will have a debate that is civilised, inclusive and optimistic.
He has played his part by saying the party’s first concern should be standing up for the dispossessed and the voiceless.
4.29pm BST
4.29pm BST
16:29
16:29
Theresa May says she is delighted to have won support from all over the party.
Theresa May says she is delighted to have won support from all over the party.
This shows she can unite the party, she says.
This shows she can unite the party, she says.
She says she has always said there should be a contest. She will take her case to the country.
She says she has always said there should be a contest. She will take her case to the country.
She wants a united party. And she wants a Britain that works for everyone, not just the privileged few.
She wants a united party. And she wants a Britain that works for everyone, not just the privileged few.
4.28pm BST
4.28pm BST
16:28
16:28
Theresa May is addressing the media outside parliament now.
Theresa May is addressing the media outside parliament now.
4.22pm BST
4.22pm BST
16:22
16:22
Leadsom beats Gove to join May on shortlist for Conservative leadership ballot
Leadsom beats Gove to join May on shortlist for Conservative leadership ballot
Here are the results.
Here are the results.
Theresa May - 199
Theresa May - 199
Andrea Leadsom - 84
Andrea Leadsom - 84
Michael Gove - 46
Michael Gove - 46
4.19pm BST
4.19pm BST
16:19
16:19
This is from the Spectator’s James Forsyth.
This is from the Spectator’s James Forsyth.
Campaign managers just went in
Campaign managers just went in
4.18pm BST
4.18pm BST
16:18
16:18
This is from the BBC’s Peter Henley.
This is from the BBC’s Peter Henley.
The stage is set for the result of voting in the Conservative Leadership pic.twitter.com/TJNfUcGBfP
The stage is set for the result of voting in the Conservative Leadership pic.twitter.com/TJNfUcGBfP
4.17pm BST
4.17pm BST
16:17
16:17
This is from Huffington Post’s Owen Bennett.
This is from Huffington Post’s Owen Bennett.
In committee room 8 waiting for to hear who has made it to the final 2 in the Tory leadership contest. Leadsom team are confident
In committee room 8 waiting for to hear who has made it to the final 2 in the Tory leadership contest. Leadsom team are confident
Updated
Updated
at 4.18pm BST
at 4.18pm BST
4.17pm BST
4.17pm BST
16:17
16:17
This is from the Times’s Frances Elliott.
This is from the Times’s Frances Elliott.
Team Gove talking down prospects -Boles text did real damage they say
Team Gove talking down prospects -Boles text did real damage they say
4.15pm BST
4.15pm BST
16:15
16:15
This is from the Conservative MP Christopher Pincher.
This is from the Conservative MP Christopher Pincher.
Snapping the snappers outside Westminster awaiting the leadership ballot announcement #TM4PM pic.twitter.com/9emLK3zNU7
Snapping the snappers outside Westminster awaiting the leadership ballot announcement #TM4PM pic.twitter.com/9emLK3zNU7
4.14pm BST
4.14pm BST
16:14
16:14
According to Guido Fawkes, Theresa May has hired a leading Conservative remain campaigner, Alison Griffiths, to run her campaign.
According to Guido Fawkes, Theresa May has hired a leading Conservative remain campaigner, Alison Griffiths, to run her campaign.
4.12pm BST
16:12
And BuzzFeed is running a story saying Andrea Leadsom has organised a school exchange project for the last 10 years with a Ugandan centre co-run by an anti-gay Christian group that performs “gay cure” ministries and whose founder condemned homosexual love as “a sin”.
4.10pm BST
16:10
If Andrea Leadsom does get onto the shortlist, she can expect a rough ride from the Daily Mail over the next two months. The paper is backing Theresa May and today the paper has a two-page spread about Leadsom under the headline: “Can we really trust her?” Here is an extract.
From @guyadams in the Daily Mail today https://t.co/TGcJGAZMGm pic.twitter.com/VTixghiNLQ
4.00pm BST
16:00
Voting closes in second Conservative leadership election ballot
Voting has just closed in the second round of the Conservative leadership election.
There are three candidates - Theresa May, Andrea Leadsom and Michael Gove - and we will get the result at about 4.30pm.
For reference, here are the results from the first round on Tuesday.
Theresa May - 165
Andrea Leadsom - 66
Michael Gove - 48
Stephen Crabb - 34
Liam Fox - 16
On Tuesday 329 Tory MPs voted. The only one who did not was David Cameron.
3.54pm BST
15:54
These are from Sky’s Beth Rigby.
#Toryleadership update. Pledges: May 174: Leadsom 52; Gove 28
.@GWilliamsonMP (Cameron's PPS) says he is not here to cast a proxy vote for PM @chrisshipitv confirms PM won't vote (didn't round 1 either)
3.53pm BST
15:53
This is from Sky’s Faisal Islam.
Just bumped into @scullyp Paul Scully MP, Leaver & first round @LiamFoxMP supporter - interestingly he has now voted for @TheresaMay2016
3.38pm BST
15:38
Here is some of the latest journo chatter about the Tory leadership contest.
From the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg
Leadsom supporters still confident they will get onto the ballot so contest will be May Vs Leadsom - we'll know in about an hour
Many MPs beyond true believers in either Gove or Leadsom, the majority, have dilemma-they don't really trust him but don't think she's ready
From Newsnight’s Chris Cook
There's an operation underway by May-supporting MPs to get Gove on the ticket, whom they think is more beatable than Leadsom. (1/2)
Have a name for an MP's who has been doing it - and am awaiting reply - but not clear whether this is known to @TheresaMay2016 (2/2)
FWIW, one May-supporter thinks it will be May-Gove. And that, children, is how we ended up with the reintroduction of grammar schools.
From the Sun’s Tom Newton Dunn
What senior Tories now fear: May gets 200 MPs' votes today, but members elect Leadsom. Tories then have Labour's Corbyn problem.
From the FT’s Sebastian Payne
Theresa May gathers another big Brexit backer - heard Patel and Leadsom did not get on during the referendum https://t.co/R7jOh9kU18
3.31pm BST
15:31
This is from Denis MacShane, the former Labour MP.
Just bumped into Tory MP who says May is trying to get her supporters to vote Gove onto final round as she feels Leadson might win. Tricky
3.29pm BST
15:29
Here’s a Guardian video of Andrea Leadsom talking about why she did not like the equal marriage legislation.
And here is her key quote.
Andrea Leadsom on gay marriage, everyone: pic.twitter.com/vdmbqRUwqS
3.22pm BST
15:22
Dugdale says Labour exploring 'federalist' option that could let Scotland stay in UK and EU
Kezia Dugdale, the Scottish Labour leader, gave a speech today saying it would “categorically wrong” for the UK government to block a second independence referendum if it were called for by the Scottish people, my colleague Libby Brooks reports.
Related: Dugdale: UK must allow Scottish independence vote if people want it
In the speech Dugdale also said Labour was exploring whether some federalist arrangement in the UK could lead to Scotland being able to remain in the UK and the EU. She said Lord Falconer, the Labour former justice secretary, was looking at this, “exploring some potential avenues around a federalist solution”. She went on:
There’s no question that the United Kingdom as one entity is going through a process for Brexit just now, but what I am arguing for is there may be a possibility that Scotland could retain its place both in the UK and in the EU through a potential - and I have to say this tentatively - a potential federalist solution which could see us achieve that.
It’s important I focus on that and I explore those options, because actually that’s what the vast majority of people in Scotland want - that’s been reflected in two referendum results.
People in this country voted to be part of the United Kingdom and they voted to be part of the European Union. And if you listen to that democratic mandate and the voice of the people of Scotland, it’s the duty upon us to try to find an avenue where that may be possible.
3.04pm BST
15:04
Priti Patel, the employment minister and a leading Vote Leave campaigner, has announced that she is backing Theresa May in the Tory leadership election.
Delighted to support @TheresaMay2016 Experience, vision & strong leadership for Britain #TM4PM https://t.co/2kcozwU9Ue
She implied she would be voting for May in an article for the Telegraph on Tuesday, but was not explicit.
