Tory leadership race live: Kemi Badenoch eliminated as Rishi Sunak tops poll of MPs

Candidates for next prime minister reduced to three ahead of final MPs' vote on Wednesday

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Penny Mordaunt's supporters do believe that No 10 has removed the whip from Tobias Ellwood to stop him voting for her in the leadership ballot (contrary to what Nadine Dorries claims - see 11.21am), Newsnight's Nicholas Watt reports.

Nadine Dorries, the culture secretary and Boris Johnson loyalist, has dismissed as ridiculous" claims that Tobias Ellwood has had the Tory whip removed to stop him voting against the Johnson candidate in the leadership contest. (See 10.08am and 10.45am.)