There are now five names left in the running to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister, as the race to take power in Downing Street hots up.
Jeremy Hunt, Nadhim Zahawi, and Suella Braverman were eliminated in the first two rounds of voting in the Tory leadership contest, leaving Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Penny Mordaunt, Tom Tugendhat, and Kemi Badenoch to fight it about ahead of the next ballot of Conservative MPs on Monday.
With the contest set to be whittled down to final two candidates next week before party members have the final say on who will succeed Mr Johnson, this is what our local Tory MPs and councillors in Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, and County Durham have had to say on who they are backing.
