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Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom named final Tory leader candidates

Andrea Leadsom or Theresa May will be the next Prime Minister after making it through to the final two in the Conservative leadership race.

May secured 199 votes and Leadsom won 84 in the latest round of voting. Michael Gove polled third with 46 votes.

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Duncan Smith: Two women will mean an 'honest' campaign

Iain Duncan Smith praised the Credit: Reuters

Former Conservative party leader Iain Duncan Smith has said that having two women as candidates for the next leader and prime minister will make it an honest campaign.

He said: "I would like to say to anybody who thinks dirty tricks work: pack it up, because they make you look foolish, make the party look bad and we want a straight, robust contest between two women who know what they are about, who need to present themselves."

Mr Duncan Smith, who is supporting Andrea Leadsom's bid, said he was pleased that two women were in the contest.

He added: "It means people like my daughters and others can think to themselves 'there is no glass ceiling, there is no door that is locked against them as women, they can go to the top wherever they are'."

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