The Conservatives party in Britain has dumped former chancellor of the Exchequer Ken Clarke out of the race to lead the party.
Kenneth Clarke who was voted out of the Tory leadership race earlier today.
A senior party official said right-winger David Davis was backed by 62 of the party's 198 parliamentarians with youthful David Cameron polling 56 in a first round of voting.
Mr Liam Fox, another hardliner, edged out the veteran heavyweight Mr Clarke - the man opinion polls show is most popular with the public - by 42 votes to 38.
The process will be repeated on Thursday before the final two names are put to the party's wider membership to vote on by early December.