Liam Fox has been eliminated from the Conservative Party leadership contest after failing to secure enough support from Tory MPs in the first round of voting. Annoucing the results of the first ballot in the leadership race Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee of Conservative MPs in Westminster, declared that the former Defence Secretary Mr Fox recieved just 16 votes. Theresa May won the first round with an overwhelming result of 165 votes – followed by Andrea Leadsom on 66, Michael Gove on 48 and Stephen Crabb on 34.
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