Tory leadership: Dominic Raab is eliminated as Boris storms second ballot
Dominic Raab failed to secure the 33 votes needed to get to the next round.
Former Brexit minister Dominic Raab has been eliminated from the Tory leadership race, as frontrunner Boris Johnson topped the ballot again maintaining a substantial lead over his rivals.
This afternoon, Conservative MPs voted in a second ballot to select the next prime minister.
Former London Mayor Boris Johnson, is well ahead of the field with 126 votes, while Raab failed to get the 33 votes needed to continue into the next round.
Elsewhere, the race for 10 Downing Street is heating up with Tory colleagues Jeremy Hunt just above the others in second place, with 46 votes.
Outsider Rory Stewart's success is continuing to raise eyebrows after pulling in 37 votes, four more votes than Sajid Javid who received 33.
The results are as follows: Boris Johnson, 126Jeremy Hunt, 46 Michael Gove, 41Rory Stewart, 37Sajid Javid, 33Dominic Raab, 30
Following the results, Rory Stewart took to Twitter to celebrate his rise in popularity.
The candidates needed to gain at least 33 votes from Tory MPs to remain in contention for the final run-off, which will see some 160,000 Conservative members select the next PM.
The remaining candidates will take place in a live television debate tonight on the BBC.