RUNNERS AND RIDERS
THE contenders to take over from Theresa May as Tory leader should she falter include:
BORIS JOHNSON 7/4 favourite
The ebullient Foreign Secretary is popular with large sections of the party membership, but there are concerns among some in the party that he turns off too many voters with his buffoonery.
DAVID DAVIS 7/2
In 2005 he was the clear frontrunner to become Tory leader but he gave a poor performance at leadership hustings, and David Cameron won.
Mr Davis made a comeback when Mrs May became Prime Minister and made him Brexit Secretary. He is popular with much of the membership, who admire his Euroscepticism.
AMBER RUDD 6/1
The Home Secretary has impressed as a safe pair of hands in one of the most difficult briefs in Whitehall. She is seen as a star of the election campaign – appearing often on the campaign trail and on TV. But her majority of only 3 6 in her constituency of Hastings and Rye could tell against her.
PHILIP HAMMOND 16/1
The Chancellor has been nicknamed Spreadsheet Phil for his dullness, but his position has been strengthened since the failure of Mrs May’s gamble on calling a snap election.