They will now go forward to the Tory conference in Birmingham later this month, where they will each seek to convince MPs and party members that they have what it takes to succeed Rishi Sunak as leader.
Jenrick once again came top of the latest ballot with 33 votes, followed by Badenoch on 28, with Tugendhat and Cleverly both on 21 and Stride in last place on 16.
There will be two more ballots of Tory MPs after the party conference, after which the final two candidates will face one another in a run-off, with party members choosing the winner, who will be announced on November 2.
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<p>Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read:</p>
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<li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/01/trump-judges-injunctions-congress-impeach/">GOP lawmakers take aim at anti-Trump rulings, nationwide injunctions</a> (Justin Jouvenal, Theodoric Meyer, Marianna Sotomayor, & Clara Ence Morse, The Washington Post)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/us/supreme-court-catholic-charity.html">Supreme Court Leans Toward Catholic Charity in Tax Case</a> (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/31/nx-s1-5345839/supreme-court-catholic-charities">Supreme Court seems ready to let religious groups opt out of unemployment compensation laws</a> (Nina Totenberg, NPR)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/01/supreme-court-defund-planned-parenthood-south-carolina/82745215007/">Republicans want to defund Planned Parenthood. They are asking for the Supreme Court’s help</a> (Maureen Groppe, USA Today)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/sotomayor-jackson-supreme-court-dissent-shockley-rcna198862">Justices Sotomayor and Jackson criticize court’s refusal to clarify criminal appeal rights</a> (Jordan Rubin, MSNBC)</li>
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<p><strong>Coming up</strong>: On Wednesday, April 2, the court expects to issue one or more opinions from the current term. We’ll be live at 9:45 a.m. EDT.</p>
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Emily “Emma” Stone at the 96th Annual Oscars in March. Emma Stone would like everyone to finally address her as Emmanuella Gertrude Stonebreaker III, already.…
Mel Stride has been ejected from the Tory contest.
