With nominations now open, what follows is a list of candidates and supporters which will be frequently updated and amended.
We name below as candidates all those known to us who have either declared that they intend to stand or have suggested that they may do so, either directly or indirectly.
The date against the names of supporters records when the MP in question made a statement. Aspiring candidates have until 2:30 PM on Monday to get the ten backers they require to be on the ballot.
Victoria Atkins (declared 24/7 that she wouldn’t stand)
Kemi Badenoch (5)
- Alex Burghart (26/7)
- Andrew Griffith (28/7)
- Andrew Bowie (28/7)
- Jesse Norman (30/7)
- Ben Obese-Jecty (12/8)
Suella Braverman (declared 28/7 that she wouldn’t stand)
James Cleverly (4)
- Peter Fortune (24/7)
- Simon Hoare (24/7)
- Gagan Mohindra (25/7)
- Charlie Dewhirst (28/7)
Robert Jenrick (9)
- Danny Kruger (24/7)
- Edward Leigh (25/7)
- Caroline Johnson (25/7)
- Mark Pritchard (28/7)
- Jack Rankin (2/8)
- Esther McVey (2/8)
- John Hayes (2/8)
- Gareth Davies (4/8)
Priti Patel (4)
- Alec Shelbrooke (23/7)
- Greg Smith (25/7)
- Saqib Bhatti (28/7)
- Andrew Snowden (28/7)
Mel Stride (5)
- Mark Garnier (27/7)
- George Freeman (28/7)
- Desmond Swayne (28/7)
- Jerome Mayhew (28/7)
- David Reed (29/7)
Tom Tugendhat (5)
- Nick Timothy (28/7)
- Patrick Spencer (28/7)
- Karen Bradley (29/7)
- Neil Shastri-Hunt (29/7)
- James Wild (30/7)
