Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has been knocked out of the contest for the leadership of the Conservative Party, with his predecessor Rishi Sunak leading the field after the first round of voting by Tory MPs on Wednesday.
Zahawi and former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt both failed to reach the 30 votes necessary to make it through to Thursday’s second round of the contest to find a replacement for Boris Johnson, who resigned as Britain’s prime minister last week.
Eight of the original 11 leadership hopefuls were on Wednesday’s ballot and Sunak leads the field with 88 votes, followed by trade minister Penny Mordaunt, who got 67….