Image source, Reuters Conservative MPs stated who they were support to endedupbeing the UK’s next prime minister in October2022 This shortarticle reveals the BBC’s last tally, upgraded at 13: 27 BST. 219 out of 357 Tory MPs went public with their assistance for one of the prospects in the management race: Rishi Sunak – 193 MPsPenny Mordaunt – 26 MPsA additional 58 MPs had openly stated their assistance for Boris Johnson, who pulled out of the race on Sunday. Some of those MPs moved their loyalty inotherplaces. We just consistedof MPs who informed the BBC on the record who they were backing, or who openly stated their assistance. Candidates needed the assistance of at least 100 Tory MPs. Penny Mordaunt and Rishi Sunak were the just 2 prospects to validate they were running. The list highlighted how Conservative MPs altered their minds giventhat the summerseason. Former chancellor Sajid Javid chose to assistance Mr Sunak, after support Liz Truss throughout the last management election. Another significant Tory MP to switch their assistance to Mr Sunak was Northern Ireland minister Steve Baker – who atfirst supported Suella Braverman’s management quote over the summertime, priorto moving to Liz Truss. There was surprise when previous chancellor Nadhim Zahawi and previous house secretary Priti Patel both revealed they were support Mr Johnson to return as prime minister, regardlessof havingactually called for him to resign in the summerseason. Both then changed their assistance to Mr Sunak, after Mr Johnson stated he would not be running. Rishi Sunak – 193 MPs Bim Afolami, MP for Hitchin and HarpendenPeter Aldous, MP for WaveneyLucy Allan, MP for TelfordStuart Andrew, MP for PudseyVictoria Atkins, MP for Louth and HorncastleRichard Bacon, MP for Norfolk SouthKemi Badenoch, MP for Saffron Walden Siobhan Baillie, MP for StroudDuncan Baker, MP for North NorfolkSteve Baker, MP for High Wycombe Steve Barclay, MP for North East CambridgeshireJohn Baron, MP for Basildon and BillericaySimon Baynes, MP for Clwyd SouthAaron Bell, MP for Newcastle-under-LymePaul Beresford, MP for Mole ValleyCrispin Blunt, MP for ReigateSir Peter Bottomley, MP for Worthing WestAndrew Bowie, MP for West Aberdeenshire and KincardineSuella Braverman, MP for FarehamAndrew Bridgen, MP for North West LeicestershireSteve Brine, MP for WinchesterAnthony Browne, MP for South CambridgeshireFelicity Buchan, MP for KensingtonSir Robert Buckland, MP for South SwindonAlex Burghart, MP for Brentwood and OngarAlun Cairns, MP for Vale of GlamorganJames Cartlidge, MP for South SuffolkMiriam Cates, MP for Penistone and StocksbridgeMaria Caulfield, MP for Lewes Alex Chalk, MP for CheltenhamRehman Chishti, MP for Gillingham and RainhamGreg Clark, MP for Tunbridge WellsSimon Clarke, MP for Middlesbrough South and East ClevelandChris Clarkson, MP for Heywood and MiddletonJames Cleverly, MP for Braintree (switched from supporting Boris Johnson)Robert Courts, MP for Witney and West OxfordshireClaire Coutinho, MP for East SurreySir Geoffrey Cox, MP for Torridge and West DevonStephen Crabb, MP for Preseli PembrokeshireVirginia Crosbie, MP for Ynys MonJames Daly, MP for Bury NorthDavid Davies, MP for MonmouthGareth Davies, MP for Stamford and GranthamMims Davies, MP for Mid Sussex Philip Davies, MP for Shipley David Davis, MP for Haltemprice and HowdenJonathan Djanogly, MP for HuntingdonLeo Docherty, MP for Aldershot (switched from supporting Boris Johnson)Michelle Donelan, MP for ChippenhamSteve Double, MP for St Austell and NewquayOliver Dowden, MP for HertsmereFlick Drummond, MP for Meon Valley Philip Dunne, MP for LudlowSir James Duddridge, MP for Rochford and South East (switched from supporting Boris Johnson)Sir Iain Duncan Smith, MP for Chingford and Woodford GreenRuth Edwards, MP for RushcliffeTobias Ellwood, MP for East Bournemouth George Eustice, MP for Camborne and RedruthLaura Farris, MP for NewburySimon Fell, MP for Barrow and FurnessLiam Fox, MP for North Somerset Lucy Frazer, MP for South East CambridgeshireGeorge Freeman, MP for Mid Norfolk (switched from supporting Penny Mordaunt)Mike Freer, MP for Finchley and Golders GreenLouie French, MP for Old Bexley and SidcupMark Garnier, MP for Wyre ForestNus Ghani, MP for WealdenNick Gibb, MP for Bognor Regis and LittlehamptonPeter Gibson, MP for DarlingtonJo Gideon, MP for Stoke-on-Trent CentralJohn Glen, MP for Salisbury Sir Robert Goodwill, MP for Scarborough and WhitbyMichael Gove, MP for Surrey HeathRichard Graham, MP for GloucesterHelen Grant, MP for Maidstone and The WealdJames Gray, MP for North Wiltshire Chris Grayling, MP for Epsom and Ewell Andrew Griffith, MP for Arundel and Sout
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