Johnson, Mordaunt or Sunak: who is backing whom as next Tory leader
The number of publicly declared MPs who are backing potential candidates for the Conservative leadership is growing, with three key figures emerging: the former chancellor Rishi Sunak, the former prime minister Boris Johnson, and Penny Mordaunt, the current leader of the House of Commons. Each candidate will need at least 100 signatures to make it to the first round of voting on Monday.
As of 10.20pm on Friday, Sunak was leading the field having received close to 90 public nominations.
Here is a rundown of those who have publicly thrown their weight behind their preferred potential candidate:
Rishi Sunak
1 Steve Double2 Stephen Crabb3 Rehman Chishti4 John Stevenson5 Siobhan Baillie6 Mark Logan7 James Gray8 Johnny Mercer9 Bim Afolami10 Alex Chalk11 Robin Walker12 Edward Timpson13 Robert Neill14 Claire Coutinho15 Lucy Frazer16 Simon Fell17 Robert Halfon18 David TC Davies19 Anthony Browne20 Julie Marson21 Damian Hinds22 Jonathan Djanogly23 Richard Graham24 Guy Opperman25 Nigel Mills26 Victoria
Prentis27 Steve Brine28 Richard Holden29 George Eustice30 Andrew Percy31 Nick Gibb32 Fay Jones33 Dominic Raab34 Sally-Ann Hart35 Crispin Blunt36 Robert Goodwill37 James Morris38 John Glen39 Simon Hoare40 Mel Stride41 James Cartlidge42 Kevin Hollinrake43 Andrew Bridgen44 John Baron45 Anthony Mangnall46 Mike Wood47 Chris Philp48 Robert Jenrick49 Gavin Williamson50 Simon Hart51
Andrew Bowie52 Craig Williams53 Huw Merriman54 Gary Streeter55 Andrew Murrison56 James Wild57 Helen Whately58 Julian Smith59 Duncan Baker60 Jonathan Lord61 Julian Sturdy62 Laura Farris63 James Daly64 Robert Syms65 Gillian Keegan66 Steve Barclay67 Maggie Throup68 Philip Dunne69 David Rutley70 Sajid Javid71 Simon Jupp72 Paul Maynard73 Mark Garnier74 Liam Fox75
Simon Baynes76 Greg Clark77 Andrew Mitchell78 Angela Richardson79 Mark Harper80 Jo Gideon81 Rebecca Pow82 Jamie Wallis83 Oliver Dowden84 Matt Hancock85 Alan Mak86 Tom Tugendhat87 Tobias Ellwood88 Miriam Cates
Boris Johnson
1 Ben Wallace (“leaning towards”)2 David Morris3 Alok Sharma4 Amanda Milling5 Nadine Dorries6 Henry Smith7 Trudy Harrison8 Mark Eastwood9 Ian Levy10 Andrew Stephenson11 Holly Mumby-Croft12 Tom Pursglove13 Gareth Johnson14 Caroline Johnson15 Jonathan Gullis16 James Duddridge17 Christopher Chope18 Sheryll Murray19 Brendan Clarke-Smith20 Jill Mortimer21 James Grundy22 Paul Bristow23 Simon Clarke24 Marco Longhi25 Philip Hollobone26 Stephen McPartland27 Jane Stevenson28 Daniel Kawczynski29 Mark Pritchard30 Jacob Rees-Mogg31 Edward Leigh32 Richard Drax33 Andrew Rosindell34 Leo Docherty35 Shailesh Vara36 Andrea Jenkyns37 Lia Nici38 Jane Hunt39 Nigel Adams40 Shaun Bailey41 Karl McCartney42 Peter Bone43 Michael Fabricant44 Scott Benton45 Anne-Marie Trevelyan46 Antony Higginbotham47 Bill Cash48 Chris Heaton-Harris
Penny Mordaunt
1 Maria Miller2 John Lamont3 Craig Tracey4 Elliot Colburn5 John Penrose6 Heather Wheeler7 George Freeman8 Nicola Richards9 Mary Robinson10 Kieran Mullan11 Derek Thomas12 Bob Seely13 Caroline Dinenage14 Robbie Moore15 Caroline Ansell16 James Davies17 Roger Gale18 Damian Collins19 Andrea Leadsom20 Harriett Baldwin21 Neil Hudson22 Marcus Fysh