The Conservative leadership election has been whittled down to the two final candidates, Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick, with both MPs considered to be on the right of the party.
Labour officials reportedly rejoiced that the more centrist and perhaps more electable candidate James Cleverly was knocked out in a surprise result.
The party's lurch to the right has been seen by some experts as a bid by Conservative members to appease voters who gave their votes to Reform UK at July's general election.
Polling indicates that most Reform UK votes came from previous Tory voters, highlighting the importance of appealing to that base in the current election.
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