Jeremy Hunt

The race to replace Boris Johnson tightened Wednesday after the first round of voting in the U.K. Conservatives' leadership contest left just six candidates ...

MPs will continue to vote on the candidates next week, until only two are left standing. Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak won the highest number of votes among MPs with 88, just ahead of Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt on 67. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss (on 50 votes), former Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch (on 40), foreign affairs committee Chairman Tom Tugendhat (on 37) and Attorney General Suella Braverman (on 32) join Sunak and Mordaunt in the next round of voting by MPs, which takes place Thursday.

Candidates needed the backing for 30 Conservative MPs to get to the next round of the contest which is due to take place on Thursday.

The final two candidates chosen by Tory MPs will spend the summer battling it out to win the support of Conservative members, with their choice of the next prime minister being unveiled on September 5. Candidates needed the backing for 30 Conservative MPs to get to the next round of the contest which is due to take place on Thursday. The former health secretary and current Chancellor received the least number of votes from the over 350 Conservative MPs during the race to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister.

A total of six candidates made it through the first round of voting, with chair of the backbench 1922 Committee, Sir Graham Brady, revealing the number of ...

I have the conviction, the courage, and the clarity of thought to deliver that change." One where ability, skills and productivity are the key to achieving success and where there is opportunity for all. "Clearly my part in the contest has now ended. Sky News is hosting a live TV debate with the contenders vying to be the next leader of the Conservative Party and therefore prime minister, and you could be in the virtual audience. Frontline politics needs you." Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi and Jeremy Hunt have been knocked out of the race to become the next leader of the Conservative Party - and next prime minister of the UK.

As he vies to be the next prime minister and considers a leadership bid, the former health secretary is dividing opinion in both his party and the NHS.

The problem is he is over-exposed as a wannabe candidate,” said a former cabinet colleague, reflecting that Hunt has made himself vulnerable to attacks from No 10. He oversaw a cap on pay increases for NHS staff, and failed to recruit enough health workers – there is still a huge shortage of doctors and nurses plaguing the NHS he left behind. According to one Tory adviser, he risks sounding like “the real Captain Hindsight” (a nickname Johnson gives Keir Starmer) – preaching about where the government went wrong on the health service despite having run it himself for six years. Making a new name for himself during Covid-19 as a Conservative critic of government policy, he voiced “surprise and concern” that Boris Johnson didn’t lock down sooner in March 2020, and warned against “external visits to care homes” at the time. One former cabinet colleague described his name as still being “mud” in the health service today. (Though he is still gaffe-prone, infamously referring to his Chinese wife as “Japanese” during a 2018 Beijing visit.)

Mr Hunt earned just 18 MPs' support, while Mr Zahawi was knocked out with 25. Six candidates now go through to the second round of voting to be Britain's Prime ...

But in an influential YouGov poll, Penny Mordaunt was deemed the favourite for Tory leader and next PM among all Conservative members. Mr Sunak was also deemed the most popular Tory leadership hopeful, according to an Ipsos poll, with 37% of 2019 Tory voters saying he would do a good job as PM. The next stage of the Tory leadership race has seen Jeremy Hunt and Nadhim Zahawi eliminated from the runners.

JEREMY HUNT, one of eight contenders vying for the role of Prime Minister, made a bizarre blunder when he referred to his Chinese wife as 'Japanese' while ...

Nor would I want people to look at my wife and say, 'There are too many people like you in this country'." She has been a great diplomatic weapon for the UK, striking up friendships with partners of other foreign ministers." “So by choosing me, the Conservative Party is sending a signal to those voters that we have listened to your concerns and we have changed. As Jeremy Hunt makes his case for the top job in Number 10, the former health secretary has vowed to "win back trust" after Prime Minister Boris Johnson's scandal-ridden premiership comes to an end. It is to restore trust.” Mr Hunt, 55, has sought to use his distance from the previous Government – after refusing a job in Mr Johnson’s Cabinet in 2019 – as a key selling point of his appeal, as ministers scramble to reinstate public trust in the Conservative Party. Last week, Mr Hunt told the Telegraph: “It’s very straightforward why I want to do it [the job of Prime Minister]. "It is because we have to restore trust, grow the economy, and win the next election.

JEREMY HUNT replaced Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary when he announced his resignation.Could he be the one to replace him as Prime Minister too? Ge.

He also worked within the department of Health and Social Care before moving to become the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in 2018. In 2007, he left the the Work and Pensions Department to become Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport while also being Shadow Deputy to the Prime Minister. He secured an increase in funding for the NHS to coincide with its 70th anniversary and may view now as a good time to leave the Department of Health and head to the Foreign Office.

The MP for South West Surrey is not new to standing in Conservative Leadership Elections. After Theresa May's resignation in 2019, he made it to the final two, ...

Hunt should not be ruled out of this contest, it may be refreshing for those voting to see a non-Johnson loyalist in the top job. As a remainer and inner-city liberal he has attempted to broaden his support base by offering the job of Deputy Prime Minister to arch-Brexiteer and Northern Tory, Esther McVey. This will come as a surprising move to many Tory MPs and members, and he will perhaps need to do more convincing to the 200,000 Conservative Party Members that he has dropped his pro-EU stance. Hunt is often seen as a more moderate member of the Conservative Party due to his close work with former PM Theresa May and his advocacy of the ‘Remain’ vote in the 2016 Brexit referendum.

Results in from first round of knockout votes in contest to decide next party leader and prime minister.

Two candidates just made it over the line – Tom Tugendhat, chair of the foreign affairs committee, with 37 backers and Suella Braverman, the attorney general who was the first person to declare her intention to run last week, with 32. Zahawi, who was made chancellor last week as Johnson tried to shore up his dying government, gained 25 votes, while Hunt, the former health and foreign secretary who lost out in the final stage of the 2019 leadership election, got 18. Under the rules for the contest – set by the 1922 Committee of backbenchers – MPs needed 20 supporters to be officially included in the election, and more than 30 to progress to the second round.

Mr Hunt earned just 18 MPs' support, while Mr Zahawi was knocked out with 25. Six candidates now go through to the second round of voting to be Britain's Prime ...

But in an influential YouGov poll, Penny Mordaunt was deemed the favourite for Tory leader and next PM among all Conservative members. Mr Sunak was also deemed the most popular Tory leadership hopeful, according to an Ipsos poll, with 37% of 2019 Tory voters saying he would do a good job as PM. The next stage of the Tory leadership race has seen Jeremy Hunt and Nadhim Zahawi eliminated from the runners.

Six MPs remain in the race to go through to the next stage of voting. Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt and Liz Truss got the highest number of votes in the contest.

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Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi and former Cabinet minister Jeremy Hunt have been eliminated from the race to succeed Boris Johnson after the first round of voting ...

The process will continue until two are left. Seen as one of the frontrunners in the race, Ms Mordaunt declined to describe Mr Johnson as a good Prime Minister, instead thanking him for delivering Brexit. The minister told Sky News that Ms Truss “opposed the endless tax rises of the former chancellor, which I think have been economically damaging, I also was opposed to (them) in Cabinet”. Mr Rees-Mogg argued that the Foreign Secretary is “fiscally on the right side of the argument”, unlike Mr Sunak. Asked if No 10 is involved in an anti-Sunak operation as the first round of voting loomed, Mr Johnson’s press secretary bluntly said: “No.” Mr Zahawi along with Mr Hunt, who has held the offices of health and foreign secretary, both failed to get the 30 votes required to get to the next stage.

Former foreign secretary praises the ex-chancellor's economic management and 'standards of integrity' in message of support.

Mr Hunt, a former health secretary and culture secretary, had announced his tilt for the leadership in an interview in The Telegraph, but his hopes of a surprise victory were ended on Wednesday afternoon. “But in the end it’s not about policy. The performance was considerably worse than his run in 2019, when Mr Hunt got into the final two candidates that went to a party members vote, only to lose to Boris Johnson.

Mr Sunak, whose resignation from No 11 helped trigger the Tory leadership race, topped Wednesday's ballot, followed by trade minister Penny Mordaunt and Foreign ...

“But in the end it’s not about policy. Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries accused the former chancellor’s campaign of deploying “dirty tricks” to benefit his campaign and backed Ms Truss as the Brexiteers’ candidate. Asked if No 10 is involved in an anti-Sunak operation as the first round of voting loomed, Mr Johnson’s press secretary bluntly said: “No.” The caretaker Prime Minister’s press secretary insisted that Mr Johnson is “staying neutral” despite his remaining arch-loyalists throwing their support behind Ms Truss. But, in conceding defeat, Mr Zahawi declined to announce his backing of a favoured candidate, saying he does not “intend to make any further intervention”. Mr Hunt, who along with Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi failed to garner the 30 votes needed to progress to the next stage of the contest, described Mr Sunak as “one of the most decent, straight people with the highest standards of integrity” in politics.

Tory MPs vote for a second time on Thursday to remove the least popular candidate.

“But in the end it’s not about policy. Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries accused the former chancellor’s campaign of deploying “dirty tricks” to benefit his campaign and backed Ms Truss as the Brexiteers’ candidate. “First of all, the big challenge we face now is economic, and this is someone of formidable ability, who has been thinking about the right thing to do for our economy, for families up and down the country, very hard over the last two years. Ms Truss is set to highlight her experience in the Cabinet and Treasury at a campaign launch event on Thursday, in an apparent bid to portray herself as more competent on the economy than Ms Mordaunt. Ms Truss is seeking to unite the right of the party, as subsequent voting from Thursday will whittle down the field until two candidates are left. Mr Hunt, who along with Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi failed to garner the 30 votes needed to progress to the next stage of the contest, described Mr Sunak as “one of the most decent, straight people with the highest standards of integrity” in politics.

'Rishi is one of the most decent straight people with the highest standards of integrity', the former health secretary said.

Mr Zahawi has indicated he will not make an endorsement. “But in the end it’s not about policy. But Nadhim Zahawi crashed out with just 25 votes

Mr Sunak, whose resignation from No 11 helped trigger the Tory leadership race, topped Wednesday's ballot, followed by trade minister Penny Mordaunt and Foreign ...

“But in the end it’s not about policy. Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries accused the former chancellor’s campaign of deploying “dirty tricks” to benefit his campaign and backed Ms Truss as the Brexiteers’ candidate. “First of all, the big challenge we face now is economic, and this is someone of formidable ability, who has been thinking about the right thing to do for our economy, for families up and down the country, very hard over the last two years. Ms Truss is set to highlight her experience in the Cabinet and Treasury at a campaign launch event on Thursday, in an apparent bid to portray herself as more competent on the economy than Ms Mordaunt. Ms Truss is seeking to unite the right of the party, as subsequent voting from Thursday will whittle down the field until two candidates are left. Mr Hunt, who along with Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi failed to garner the 30 votes needed to progress to the next stage of the contest, described Mr Sunak as “one of the most decent, straight people with the highest standards of integrity” in politics.

The former health secretary says Mr Sunak has the “highest standards of integrity” and wants him to win the contest between the final six candidates.

I have the conviction, the courage, and the clarity of thought to deliver that change." One where ability, skills and productivity are the key to achieving success and where there is opportunity for all. "Clearly my part in the contest has now ended. Instead, the government has called a confidence vote in itself, allowing it to set the wording to make it easier for Tory critics of Mr Johnson to vote in favour. Frontline politics needs you." Mr Hunt, who made the final two to run against Boris Johnson in the last leadership election, gave "a gentle word of advice" to those still in the race, warning them against "smears and attacks" for "short term tactical gain".

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