Conservative MPs across Nottinghamshire have been throwing their weight behind prospective leadership candidates following Liz Truss' resignation as Prime Minister. Only the current Leader of the House of Commons, Penny Mordaunt, has confirmed that she is standing in the race at the time of writing.
But former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss' predecessor, Boris Johnson, have also emerged as front-runners. Only candidates with more than 100 nominations from MPs will go through and if only one candidate crosses this threshold, they will become the next UK Prime Minister on Monday.
Brendan Clarke-Smith, MP for Bassetlaw, was the first MP from Nottinghamshire to nail his colours to the mast, backing Boris Johnson for a return. He told BBC News that the former Prime Minister had "unfinished business" after being forced out of office only weeks ago.
