PRESS RELEASE: Cleverly firm favourite in Tory leadership race after Tugendhat exits

Cleverly 10/11 from 11/10; Badenoch and Jenrick trail Shadow Home Secretary.

Shadow Home Secretary Cleverly has had his price cut from 15/8 to 11/8, while former odds-on favourite Robert Jenrick has drifted to 6/4.

Third-favourite Kemi Badenoch has also made a late charge into 3/1 from 9/2 last week, while outsider Tom Tugendhat remains relatively out of favour at 33/1.

William Kedjanyi, Political Betting Analyst at Star Sports, said: “James Cleverly seized momentum in the Tory leadership race thanks to his performance at last week’s Conservative Party Conference and appears to have one foot in the final two following a big win in the third ballot.

“He moved into favouritism over the weekend and has now consolidated his position as the frontrunner, collecting 39 of the 120 votes cast, with Tom Tugendhat tumbling out of proceedings.

“Shadow Home Secretary Cleverly now sits ahead of Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick as our 10/11 favourite, and looks set to reach the final two given his big leap in votes and the high likelihood that he’ll pick up a majority of centrist MP’s from the now eliminated Tugendhat.

“Badenoch will fight it out with Jenrick for support from the right of the party to make it to the final stage, when the three contenders are cut to two in tomorrow’s vote, which promises to be razor tight between the pair.”

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Star Sports – Politics – UK Politics

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