--> * Andrea Leadsom is outsider in contest to become next PM * Says being a mother gives her "tangible stake" in UK future * Her rival, interior minister Theresa May, has no children * Conservative party members to pick new leader by Sept. 9 * Up to 20 lawmakers would leave if Leadsom won - Sunday Times Andrea Leadsom, one of two candidates vying to become the next British prime minister, has caused an uproar by suggesting that being a mother means she has a greater stake in the country's future than her childless rival Theresa May. A little-known junior energy minister until she emerged as one of the most ardent voices in the campaign to leave the European Union (EU), Leadsom is the...
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