Advocate for voting rights for UK citizens in OTs eliminated from UK PM race - Thomas G.J. Tugendhat is the latest casualty in race for new UK Prime Minister

LONDON, UK- A backbench United Kingdom (UK) Member of Parliament (MP), who has advocated for UK citizens living and working in Overseas Territories (OTs) to have voting rights there, was on Monday, July 18, 2022, eliminated from the race for a new Prime Minister of the UK.

Thomas G.J. Tugendhat was eliminated after receiving 31 votes, down one from his performance in the second round last Thursday.

Conservative MPs are now voting in the latest ballot to decide the two leadership candidates to be put to a vote of members.

One of the four remaining contenders - Rishi Sunak, Penelope M. Mordaunt, Mary Elizabeth Truss, and Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch - will be eliminated after today's vote.

The vote to decide the final two contenders is scheduled to then take place on Wednesday, July 20, 2022.

Mr Sunak looks almost certain to make the final two, with the other three candidates vying for second place.

Tory party members will then pick the winner after a summer of campaigning by the two final contenders, with a result announced on September 5, 2022.