The race to succeed Theresa May as leader of the ruling Conservative Party and prime minister enters a new phase on Thursday with Tory members of parliament (MPs) set to have their first vote for their preferred candidate.
There are 10 candidates in the leadership contest and any of them that fails to get at least 17 votes when MPs vote in secret ballots,, will be eliminated from the race. If all candidates receive at least 17 votes, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated.
Brexit, and how the various leadership hopefuls would progress the thorny departure from the EU, has dominated the debate in the run up to the first vote. On Wednesday, the opposition Labour Party led an attempt to make sure the future prime minister could not push through a "no-deal" Brexit but failed to gain enough votes.
Some Conservative MPs have already stated publicly who they will be voting for although as it is a secret ballot, votes could go differently in the event.
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