Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi and the former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt have crashed out of the Tory leadership race.
The result of the first ballot of Tory MPs in the contest to succeed Boris Johnson was announced at 5pm on Wednesday - with six making it to the second round on Thursday having gained at least 30 votes.
They are: Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Tom Tugendhat, Kemi Badenoch, Penny Mordaunt and Suella Braverman.
Earlier the Prime Minister said he would leave office “with his head held high” in a fiery clash with Sir Keir Starmer in the Commons.
Mr Johnson told PMQs that he was not leaving “at a time of my choosing” but that he remained “proud” of his record in Government.
Ms Mordaunt, in making her launch, said she was the candidate that Labour “feared the most”.
She was boosted by a poll suggesting she would win a runoff to become the next Tory leader and prime minister if she makes it to the final two candidates.
The snap YouGov poll of 876 party members, who will decide between the final two candidates to replace Mr Johnson, showed Ms Mordaunt ahead on 27 per cent.
Second place was Ms Badenoch on 15 per cent, followed by Mr Sunak and Ms Truss on 13 per cent.
