Priti Patel, who was Britain’s interior minister when Boris Johnson was prime minister, has become the first candidate to be eliminated in the Conservative Party’s leadership election, two months after the party resoundingly lost power following 14 years in office.
FILE - Priti Patel launches her Conservative Party leadership campaign in Westminster, London, Friday Aug. 30, 2024. LONDON —
Robert Jenrick, who quit his role in the government led by Rishi Sunak over his opposition to its policies on immigration, came in first with 28 votes. He was followed by long-time favorite Kemi Badenoch, the former business secretary, who got 22 votes, and James Cleverly, who was interior minister at the time of the election defeat on July 4, who got 21.
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