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Catherine Furze

The candidates who may take over if Boris Johnson is toppled tonight

There's no clear heir to Boris Johnston if the Prime Minister loses the historic vote of no confidence at 6pm tonight.

Health Committee chairman Jeremy Hunt, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Chancellor Rishi Sunak and chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee Tom Tugendhat are among those topping the next Tory leader odds, but there's no obvious forerunner. if Mr Johnson resigns after tonight's vote, called by chariman of the 1922 Committee Sir Graham Brady.

If he loses, he must resign and the Conservative Party will hold a leadership election - a crushing blow just 906 days after he won the Tories' biggest majority since the 1980s.

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