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		</div><p>Boris Johnson will take on Jeremy Hunt in the battle for Number 10 after a day of drama at Westminster.</p>
<p>Michael Gove was eliminated from the race by just two votes as Conservative MPs balked at the possibility of a bitter contest due to the “personal psychodrama” involving the Environment Secretary and his rival Mr Johnson.</p>
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<div id="div-gpt-ad-incontent-1" data-google-query-id="CIP146KD-eICFQt_wQodl00Dfw">Allies of Mr Hunt had urged MPs to choose the Foreign Secretary to help keep the party together rather than risk a ferocious row between Mr Johnson and Mr Gove.</div>
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<p><em>“Boris and Michael are great candidates but we have seen their personal psychodrama before,”</em> a source said.</p>
<p>There has also been widespread speculation at Westminster that Mr Johnson’s camp would attempt to engineer a way to prevent Mr Gove making the final pair – although the former foreign secretary denied being involved in any “dark arts”.</p>
<p>In the fifth and final round of voting by MPs to whittle the field down to two, Mr Johnson again finished first, with 160 votes.</p>
<p>Mr Hunt regained second place, having lost it to Mr Gove in the fourth round of voting.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Naturally disappointed but so proud of the campaign we ran. Huge thanks to my brilliant campaign team. It’s been an honour to be able to set out a vision for the future of our great country. Many congratulations to Boris and Jeremy!</p>
<p>&mdash; Michael Gove (@michaelgove) <a href="https://twitter.com/michaelgove/status/1141757009215283200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 20, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>He secured 77 votes to get his name on the final ballot paper which will go to around 160,000 Conservative members who will choose the next prime minister.</p>
<p>Mr Gove was eliminated from the contest after receiving 75 votes.</p>
<p>Earlier on Thursday Sajid Javid’s campaign ended after he received just 34 votes in the fourth ballot.</p>
<p>The final outcome of the leadership contest will not be known until the week beginning July 22, with the two remaining candidates taking part in a series of hustings in front of Tory members around the country before the votes are counted.</p>
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