BORIS Johnson scored a big win in the first round of the Conservative Party leadership ballot, taking 114 votes, more than twice as many as second-placed Jeremy Hunt on 43. Michael Gove was third on 37.
Three contenders drop out. They are Mark Harper, Andrea Leadsom and Esther McVey.
These are the voting figures:
Johnson 114
Hunt 43
Gove 37
Raab 27
Javid 23
Hancock 20
Stewart 19
Leadsom 11
Harper 10
McVey 9
The bookies are now making Johnson the 1/5 favourite to win the leadership.