Tory Leader candidates whittled down to five, as Alba MPs ejected from chamber over protest

Tensions rise across the House as the race to be next PM hots up

It has been revealed which candidates have made it through the first round of voting in the battle to be Prime Minister.

Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt topped Tory MPs choices in the first round, with Nadhim Zahawi and Jeremy hunt no longer in the picture. The results came at the end of a volatile day in Westminster. Speaker Lindsay Hoyle kicked two Alba MPs out of the chamber after they staged a protest at the start of PMQs.

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