The next few hours will be critical in deciding who will face Johnson
Despite a slight surge, Sajid Javid fails to pick up extra support after Rory Stewart was knocked out, writes Sky's Laura Bundock.
Thursday 20 June 2019 18:13, UK
He'd pitched himself as the only candidate who could bring change, but it's all over for Sajid Javid.
Despite a slight surge after yesterday's vote, the home secretary had run out of road.
He simply failed to pick up extra support after Rory Stewart was knocked out.
Mr Stewart's supporters appear to have possibly splintered between Michael Gove and Jeremy Hunt.
Sajid Javid loses a place in the final vote, and the leadership race loses the contender from a different background.
To his supporters he was the man who "had to fight for everything he has in his life", the son of immigrants who arrived in the UK with just one pound in their pockets.
And his pitch, a glossy video featuring his faithful dog Bailey, positioned him as an alternative to the others: all privately educated Oxford graduates.
He'd done better than some had expected, but it wasn't enough.
The final three now thrash it out to get their names on the Conservative membership's ballot paper.
Michael Gove hadn't expected to make many gains in this round, but he's had a surprise surge and has crept into second place.
With exactly half of the parliamentary party on side, Boris Johnson seems a given.
His team would definitely prefer to fight Jeremy Hunt in the final two.
So where the Sajid Javid votes end up will be critical in determining who takes the role as challenger to Mr Johnson.