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Boost for the frontrunner ahead of second round of voting.
Boris Johnson is leading the contest to become Britain's next Prime Minister after receiving 114 votes, well ahead of runner up Jeremy Hunt who got 43. Andrea Leadsom, Mark Harper and Esther McVey are out of the race after failing to garner enough votes. Further rounds of voting will whittle down the list of candidates until a winner is announced in late July.
Boris Johnson, Jeremy Hunt, Michael Gove lead the pack of seven contenders. Here's where they all stand on Brexit, the NHS and other key issues.
Andrea Leadsom, Mark Harper and Esther McVey all eliminated.
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Each goes through to the first ballot on Thursday after winning 8 MPs needed to stay in contest.
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