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3rd ballot results: Gove 51 Hunt 54 Javid 38 Johnson 143 Stewart 27. So Stewart out. 313 votes cast.
.@RoryStewartUK lost 10 votes. As I warned, he lost support in the debate last night by seeming to be a divisive candidate
.@BorisJohnson now has almost half the party behind him - and picked up 17 of Raab's 30 votes, seemingly (or maybe some of Stewart's lost votes).
Nip and tuck now between @michaelgove and @Jeremy_Hunt for second place. Though @sajidjavid is still in it - and will stay in if he feels he can pick up some of Stewart's 27 supporters
In order to stand any chance of coming second, @sajid in the penultimate round has to pick up more than half of Stewart’s supporters and Gove zero. That will be very challenging
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