Tory leadership race: Who could replace Liz Truss as prime minister? - BBC

Liz Truss has announced she volition resign, which means determination volition present beryllium different enactment predetermination to determine who becomes the adjacent Conservative person and premier minister.

The contention to regenerate her is expected to beryllium completed by the extremity of adjacent week.

Would-be candidates request astatine slightest 100 nominations from chap Tory MPs to get connected the ballot, meaning nary much than 3 of them volition beryllium capable to basal due to the fact that determination are 357 Tory MPs.

In practice, determination are apt to beryllium 2 candidates; oregon adjacent one, who would go person without a ballot by enactment members.

No-one has yet confirmed that they volition stand, but present are immoderate of the imaginable candidates.

Rishi Sunak ran to regenerate Boris Johnson arsenic person earlier this summertime and made it to the last 2 on with Ms Truss, having won the astir enactment from Conservative MPs.

During the run helium warned that his rival's taxation plans would harm the economy, but his connection failed to entreaty to enactment members and helium mislaid by 21,000 votes.

Mr Sunak lone became an MP successful 2015, for the North Yorkshire constituency of Richmond. Few extracurricular Westminster had heard of him, but helium was chancellor of the exchequer by February 2020.

He rapidly had to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic, spending immense amounts of wealth trying to support the system afloat during lockdown.

This didn't travel easy to a antheral who saw himself arsenic a debased taxation and walk Conservative connected the Thatcherite helping of the enactment but it did boost his popularity.

Conservative MP Angela Richardson has already pledged her enactment for Mr Sunak saying: "Having spent the summertime supporting Rishi Sunak's enactment bid, my views connected his suitability person not changed. If anything, the past six weeks person brought them adjacent much sharply into focus."

With conscionable a week to take a caller leader, galore of the contenders are apt to beryllium acquainted faces, and nary much truthful than the antheral who was premier curate conscionable weeks ago.

Boris Johnson was forced to denote his resignation successful July, aft a wide revolt by ministers and MPs. It followed months of rows implicit Downing Street lockdown parties and different controversies.

The MP for Uxbridge faces an probe by the Privileges Committee into whether helium obstructed the Commons by telling MPs that lockdown rules had been followed astatine No 10. He and others were subsequently fined for Covid breaches.

However, helium inactive has allies some successful Parliament and the enactment rank successful general. Long-term protagonist Nadine Dorries has argued helium should return, arsenic helium received a mandate from the British nationalist successful the 2019 election.

Other MPs who person already travel retired successful favour of Mr Johnson returning to No 10 include: Paul Bristow, Brendan Clarke-Smith, Andrea Jenkyns and Michael Fabricant.

Penny Mordaunt had a sensation of being premier curate earlier this week erstwhile she stood successful for Liz Truss during an urgent question successful Parliament.

She received bully reviews for her assured show astatine the despatch container and whitethorn fancy different tilt astatine the leadership.

She stood successful the past contest, and secured beardown enactment from her chap MPs but conscionable missed retired connected making it the last two.

After backing Ms Truss, she was appointed person of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Privy Council - which meant she presided implicit the Accession Council for the caller king.

In 2019, Ms Mordaunt made past by becoming the UK's archetypal pistillate defence caput - a earthy acceptable for a naval reservist who had already served arsenic equipped forces curate nether David Cameron.

Ms Mordaunt has truthful acold received enactment from MPs John Lamont, Maria Miller, Bob Seely and Damian Collins.

While galore starring Tories disagreement sentiment wrong the party, the defence caput is wide seen by chap MPs arsenic a harmless brace of hands.

Mr Wallace has drawn expanding attraction since Russia's penetration of Ukraine, arsenic the UK made an aboriginal determination to enactment Kyiv with weapons and training.

Despite his absorption to Brexit, Mr Wallace has been a cardinal protagonist of Boris Johnson and was rewarded with a furniture station successful 2019.

Before becoming a politician, helium served arsenic a worker successful Germany, Cyprus, Belize and Northern Ireland, wherever helium thwarted an IRA effort to transportation retired a weaponry onslaught against British soldiers.

After Mr Johnson stood down, determination had been suggestions Mr Wallace could tally - peculiarly arsenic helium was topping polls tally by the Conservative Home website - nevertheless helium opted to enactment Ms Truss instead, describing her arsenic "authentic".

Kemi Badenoch was the astonishment breakthrough campaigner of the astir caller enactment contention - and though she didn't win, the contention helped importantly boost her profile.

Although a comparatively inferior minister, she won the enactment of elder Conservative Michael Gove, and drew attraction for her attacks connected alleged "woke" culture.

Born successful Wimbledon, southbound London, she grew up successful the US and Nigeria, wherever her science prof parent had lecturing jobs.

Before arriving successful Parliament - wherever she represents Saffron Walden - she worked for backstage slope Coutts and The Spectator magazine.

Her astir elder relation successful authorities to day has been starring the planetary commercialized department.

The erstwhile location secretary's resignation piled the unit connected Liz Truss, and the premier curate stood down little than 24 hours later. Although Ms Braverman's departure was ostensibly astir a information breach, her aggravated resignation missive hinted astatine a disagreement implicit immigration.

Ms Braverman has sought to entreaty to her party's close helping connected societal issues, saying it is her "dream" to statesman transporting migrants to Rwanda, arsenic good arsenic criticising the "tofu-eating wokerati".

The erstwhile barrister is simply a Brexit protagonist who was lawyer wide successful Boris Johnson's government. She stood successful the past enactment contention pursuing his resignation but was voted retired successful the 2nd round.

Her parents emigrated to the UK successful the 1960s from Kenya and Mauritius, and some spent clip successful section authorities - with her parent being a councillor for 16 years.

Braverman was the archetypal furniture curate to instrumentality maternity permission - aft the instrumentality was changed truthful that furniture ministers could person paid maternity leave, having antecedently been expected to resign their posts.