Who will replace Boris Johnson? Profiles and Ratings of Conservative Leadership Candidates

Top Tories are battling to succeed Boris Johnson as Prime Minister in a bitter competition that will continue into the summer.

Eleven Tories were battling for the 20 supporters they needed to get elected ahead of a series of knockout rounds by MPs - and eight made it through to the first round of voting.

MPs vote from 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday July 13 and any candidate with fewer than 30 votes will be eliminated.

With just two candidates in the final ballot of 180,000 Tory members, the Tories are trying to outdo each other on taxes, austerity measures and corner issues.

The Prime Minister finally bowed to pressure from mutinous MPs over the Chris Pincher scandal, but vowed to hang in there until a successor was appointed on September 5.

Here we look at who is still in the running for the Conservative leader position.

Boris Johnson has said he will step down but he wants to remain prime minister until the fall (

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The contestants so far - and their odds on Betfair at 6.20pm on Tuesday July 12 - are:

Rishi Sunak: 2/1

Kemi Badenoch: 13/1

Tom Tugendhat: 01/14

Nadim Zahaoui: 50/1

Jeremy Hunt: 80/1

Suella Braverman: 87/1

Liz Truss: 7/2

Penny Mordaunt: 10/21

Here are their profiles:

Tom Tugendhat

The chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee was the first to emerge from the bloc, saying he was forming a "broad coalition" offering a "fresh start".

Writing in the Daily Telegraph, the former soldier said: "I have served before - in the army, and now in Parliament. Now I hope to answer the call again as Prime Minister ."

Mr. Tugendhat, 48, has only been an MP for seven years, but was the first to confirm he would throw his hat in the ring.