Matt Hancock pulls out of Conservative Party leadership race

cde.news desk 14 June 2019, 12:26 · 1 min read

epa07598937 (FILE) - British Health Secretary Matt Hancock arrives for a Cabinet meeting at Downing Street in London, Britain, 23 April 2019 (reissued 25 May 2019). British media reports on 25 May 2019 state British Health Secretary Matt Hancock will join four other conservative party politicians who have announced they would run for the position of the new British Conservative Party leader, following British Prime Minister Theresa May on 24 May 2019 announcing she would step down from her post as conservative party leader on 07 June 2019. EPA-EFE/ANDY RAIN

Matt Hancock, the youngest contender, has quit the contest to become Conservative Party leader and prime minister. The decision was taken a day after coming sixth in the first ballot of the party’s MPs.

Hancock, who is the health secretary, so far did not endorse any of his former rivals.

Boris Johnson won Thursday’s Tory MPs’ ballot, taking 114 votes.

His nearest rival, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, got 43 votes.

The final two contenders remaining after further MPs’ ballots next week will go to a party-wide vote.

Via Sky News

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Matt Hancock pulls out of Conservative Party leadership race

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