Nadhim Zahawi and Jeremy Hunt dumped from Tory leadership contest

The senior Conservatives failed to get the 30 votes required

The frontrunners, former chancellor Rishi Sunak, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and trade minister Penny Mordaunt, coasted through in their bid to be the next prime minister. Picture: UK Parliament/PA Wire

Nadhim Zahawi and Jeremy Hunt have been eliminated from the race to succeed Boris Johnson after the first round of voting by Tory MPs.

Rishi Sunak, whose resignation from No 11 helped trigger the Tory leadership race, topped the ballot, with trade minister Penny Mordaunt ahead of foreign secretary Liz Truss.