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Rishi Sunak currently has the most MPs who have publicly backed him
Conservative MPs have started declaring who they are backing to become the UK's next prime minister.
Currently 86 out of 357 Tory MPs have gone public with their support. Many others may not declare who they are backing, and more could announce their decisions over the weekend - so expect the numbers to continue changing rapidly.
Rishi Sunak - 45 MPs
- Angela Richardson, MP for Guildford
- Richard Holden, MP for Durham North West
- Paul Maynard, MP for Blackpool North & Cleveleys
- John Glen, MP for Salisbury
- Kevin Hollinrake, MP for Thirsk & Malton
- Andrew Bowie, MP for Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine
- Simon Hart, MP for Carmarthen West & Pembrokeshire South
- Anthony Mangnall, MP for Totnes
- Craig Williams, MP for Montgomeryshire
- Andrew Murrison, MP for Wiltshire South West
- Dominic Raab, MP for Esher & Walton
- John Stevenson, MP for Carlisle
- Gary Streeter, MP for Devon South West
- Simon Jupp, MP for Devon East
- Steve Double, MP for St Austell & Newquay
- James Cartlidge, MP for Suffolk South
- Bim Afolami, MP for Hitchin & Harpenden
- Nick Gibb, MP for Bognor Regis & Littlehampton
- Stephen Crabb, MP for Preseli Pembrokeshire
- Richard Graham, MP for Gloucester
- Fay Jones, MP for Brecon & Radnorshire
- Damian Hinds, MP for Hampshire East
- Siobhan Baillie, MP for Stroud
- Alex Chalk, MP for Cheltenham
- Rehman Chishti, MP for Gillingham & Rainham
- Claire Coutinho, MP for Surrey East
- Jonathan Djanogly, MP for Huntingdon
- Laura Farris, MP for Newbury
- Simon Fell, MP for Barrow & Furness
- Mark Garnier, MP for Wyre Forest
- Jo Gideon, MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central
- Simon Hoare, MP for Dorset North
- Robert Jenrick, MP for Newark
- Julie Marson, MP for Hertford & Stortford
- Huw Merriman, MP for Bexhill & Battle
- James Morris, MP for Halesowen & Rowley Regis
- Guy Opperman, MP for Hexham
- Victoria Prentis, MP for Banbury
- Mel Stride, MP for Devon Central
- Maggie Throup, MP for Erewash
- Edward Timpson, MP for Eddisbury
- Robin Walker, MP for Worcester
- Helen Whately, MP for Faversham & Mid Kent
- Crispin Blunt, MP for Reigate
- Robert Syms, MP for Poole
Boris Johnson - 24 MPs
- Paul Bristow, MP for Peterborough
- Brendan Clarke-Smith, MP for Bassetlaw
- James Duddridge, MP for Rochford & Southend East
- Michael Fabricant, MP for Lichfield
- Andrea Jenkyns, MP for Morley & Outwood
- Marco Longhi, MP for Dudley North
- Nadine Dorries, MP for Bedfordshire Mid
- Shaun Bailey, MP for West Bromwich West
- Amanda Milling, MP for Cannock Chase
- David Morris, MP for Morecambe & Lunesdale
- Karl McCartney, MP for Lincoln
- Andrew Rosindell, MP for Romford
- Lia Nici, MP for Great Grimsby
- Jacob Rees-Mogg, MP for Somerset North East
- Peter Bone, MP for Wellingborough
- Jane Hunt, MP for Loughborough
- Sheryll Murray, MP for Cornwall South East
- Mark Pritchard, MP for The Wrekin
- Tom Pursglove, MP for Corby
- Scott Benton, MP for Blackpool South
- Christopher Chope, MP for Christchurch
- Stephen McPartland, MP for Stevenage
- Andrew Stephenson, MP for Pendle
- James Grundy, MP for Leigh
Penny Mordaunt - 17 MPs
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- John Lamont, MP for Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk
- Maria Miller, MP for Basingstoke
- Bob Seely, MP for Isle Of Wight
- Derek Thomas, MP for St Ives
- Damian Collins, MP for Folkestone & Hythe
- Heather Wheeler, MP for Derbyshire South
- James Davies, MP for Vale Of Clwyd
- Harriett Baldwin, MP for Worcestershire West
- Caroline Dinenage, MP for Gosport
- Andrea Leadsom, MP for Northamptonshire South
- Robbie Moore, MP for Keighley
- Kieran Mullan, MP for Crewe & Nantwich
- John Penrose, MP for Weston-Super-Mare
- Nicola Richards, MP for West Bromwich East
- Craig Tracey, MP for Warwickshire North
- Caroline Ansell, MP for Eastbourne
- George Freeman, MP for Norfolk Mid
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