After Boris Johnson announced he would be standing down as Conservative leader, all eyes were on his colleagues to see who would throw their names in the hat to replace him. There were initially 11 contenders who wanted to be the next Conservative leader, and therefore Prime Minister, but the number was whittled down to eight when the nomination period ended. The eight were:
- Rishi Sunak
- Penny Mordaunt
- Tom Tugendhat
- Liz Truss
- Suella Braverman
- Jeremy Hunt
- Kemi Badenoch
- Nadhim Zahawi
You can see those who have made public their leadership hopes here.
