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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Lizzy Buchan & Dan Bloom & Aletha Adu

Who will replace Boris Johnson? Conservative leadership contenders profiles and odds

Top Tories are battling to succeed Boris Johnson as Prime Minister in a bitter contest that will drag on over the summer.

Eleven Conservatives were battling for the 20 supporters they needed to get on the ballot before a string of knockout rounds by MPs - and eight got through to the first round of voting, with a further two - Jeremy Hunt and Nadhim Zahawi - eliminated at this stage.

Suella Braverman was then eliminated in the second round, leaving five candidates to battle it out.

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