Published: April 23, 2019

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Next Tory Leader run-offs. 6) Raab 57 per cent, Javid 30 per cent.

By Paul Goodman

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Again, Dominic Raab scoops over half the vote. He had 60 per cent again Jeremy Hunt; here, he has 57 per cent against Sajid Javid.  Hunt had 30 per cent; so does Javid.  And the abstention rate is squeezed down.

A pattern is emerging whereby the contender more associated with the Government, as members are likely to see it, gets roughly a third of the total and the one less associated gets over half.

Or, if you like, when a pro-Brexit non-Cabinet member enters the fray, he does better than the other candidate.

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