have to win anyone over? it is a very wide window. they have four weeks in which to vote, they might do it straightaway or they might wait and weigh up the choice before them. the received wisdom seems to be that most members will vote early, having made up their minds already. but there will be many, a good chunk of them who are undecided, and that s why over the next few weeks we will see this campaign play out day after day. there are many different hustings events that the two candidates are attending, meeting different conservative association groups day after day in different parts of the country, and they will be doing that until the voting closes on the 2nd of september. tonight the candidates go to a hustings event in exeter down in the south west of england where they will face more questions from members. political leaders willjoin the family and friends
though it does rely, in terms of funding, this tax cut, on predicted economic growth happening as set out in forecasts by the office for budgetary responsibility, and that, we know, isn t necessarily always the case. this is one issue on which conservative party members will be making up their minds as they begin voting for their new leader. ballot papers are now being posted to those 160,000 or so conservative party members across the uk, and they have to vote by post or online until the 2nd of september, when the polls close, and we will find out the winner a few days later. political leaders willjoin the family and friends of david trimble at his funeral service today. the former ulster unionist party leader who was one of the key architects of the good friday agreement died last week aged 77. prime minister borisjohnson will be among the mourners, along with the republic of ireland s president and taoiseach. this 0ur ireland correspondent chris page is there,
seems to be that most members will vote early, having made up their minds already. but there will be many, a good chunk of them who are undecided, and that s why over the next few weeks we will see this campaign play out day after day. there are many different hustings event is that the two candidates are attending meeting different conservative association groups day after day after day in different parts of the country, and they will be doing that until the voting closes on the 2nd of september. tonight the candidates go to a hustings event in exeter down in the south west of england where they will face more questions from members. will face more questions from members- will face more questions from members. . ., ., ., ., ,, members. jonathan, for now, thank ou.
of the votes. i think we are just about to hear from of the votes. i think we are just about to hearfrom sir graham brady now. asa as a returning officer, i can give you the results on the ballot. a 357 votes were cast out of a possible 358. there were two spoiled ballot papers. the numbers of votes cast for each candidate is as follows. mordant, 105. cynic, one 07, truss 113. therefore, rishi sunak and liz truss will be the candidate going forward to a final ballot of conservative party members. the ballot will close on the 2nd of september and i will announce the results at 12:30pm on monday fifth september. thank you very much.
358. there were too spoiled ballot papers. a number of votes cast for each candidate is as follows, mordant, 105, scenic, 137, trust, 113. therefore, rishi sunak and liz truss will be the final candidates going forward to a final ballot of conservative party members. ballot will close on the 2nd of september, and i will announce the results on monday the 5th of september. it feels like quite a long time to wait until we know who is the next tory party leader and prime minister, but the party membership have to vote throughout the summer. the balance will be going out to them quite soon, between august the 1st and august the 5th, and a lot of them are expected to vote quite early, so there isn t an awful lot of time for a rishi sunak and liz truss to get