Jenrick sabotaged his Tory leadership chances at conference, survey of members suggests, with Cleverly rising fast<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n

Conservative members were more likely to be turned off by what they saw of Robert Jenrick<\/a> at the party conference than impressed, a survey suggests.<\/p>\n

Jenrick arrived at the conference as the clear bookmakers\u2019 favourite. But, according to a ConservativeHome survey of Tory members<\/a>, only 23% of them said that what happened at conference made them more likely to support him \u2013 and 43% said they were less likely to support him afterwards.<\/p>\n

Tom Tugendhat experienced a similar loss of support \u2013 but he is expected to be out of the contest by the end of today anyway as the candidate most likely to be eliminated in today\u2019s ballot of MPs.<\/p>\n

Conservative members favour Kemi Badenoch<\/a> for next leader, according to numerous ConHome surveys, and proper polling, but 35% of respondents said conference made them less likely to support her, while 30% said the opposite.<\/p>\n

The survey suggests the big winner was James Cleverly<\/a>. Some 55% of Tories said conference made him a more attractive candidate, while only 14% said it didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

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