Two candidates are left in the Conservative leadership race after Boris Johnson’s announcement that he is not running. The former chancellor Rishi Sunak and the leader of the House of Commons, Penny Mordaunt, both need at least 100 signatures to make it to the first round of voting on Monday.
According to the Guardian’s count of public nominations, as of 1.55pm, with just five minutes to go, Sunak had the backing of more than 195 Tory MPs, equivalent to 55% of their total number.
