Rishi Sunak tops first round of voting in UK leadership contest

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Former British finance miner Rishi Sunak won the most votes in the first round of voting to succeed Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party and prime miner, as two candidates were eliminated.
Sunak scored 88 votes, ahead of junior trade miner Penny Mordaunt on 67 and foreign Secretary Liz Truss on 50. Finance miner Nadhim Zahawi and former cabinet miner Jeremy Hunt were eliminated.
Lawmaker Kemi Badenoch received 40 votes, Tom Tugendhat received 37 and Suella Braverman received 32.

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