Endorsements in the October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election

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This is a list of public endorsements for declared candidates for the October 2022 leadership election for the Conservative Party of the United Kingdom.

Members of Parliament[edit]

Endorsements of Conservative MPs
  Rishi Sunak   Boris Johnson   Penny Mordaunt   No endorsement   No Conservative MP
No. Boris Johnson (62) Penny Mordaunt (27) Rishi Sunak (197)
1 Paul Bristow[1] Derek Thomas[1] Crispin Blunt[a][1]
2 James Duddridge[1] Bob Seely[1] Julie Marson[1]
3 Nadine Dorries[1] Maria Miller[1] Richard Holden[1]
4 Brendan Clarke-Smith[1] John Lamont[1] Angela Richardson[1]
5 Michael Fabricant[1] Damian Collins[1] Steve Double[1]
6 Stephen McPartland[1] Andrea Leadsom[1] Kevin Hollinrake[1]
7 Marco Longhi[1] Robbie Moore[1] Jo Gideon[1]
8 Andrea Jenkyns[1] Kieran Mullan[1] John Glen[1]
9 Andrew Stephenson[1] Craig Tracey[1] Simon Hart[1]
10 Christopher Chope[1] Nicola Richards[1] Andrew Bowie[1]
11 Amanda Milling[1] Roger Gale[1] Anthony Mangnall[1]
12 Shaun Bailey[1] John Penrose[1] Dominic Raab[1]
13 Lia Nici[1] Caroline Dinenage[1] John Stevenson[1]
14 Karl McCartney[1] Harriett Baldwin[1] Gary Streeter[1]
15 Andrew Rosindell[1] Caroline Ansell[1] Andrew Murrison[1]
16 David Morris[1] Lee Anderson[b][2] Craig Williams[1]
17 Holly Mumby-Croft[1] Heather Wheeler[1] Paul Maynard[1]
18 Peter Bone[1] Elliot Colburn[1] Simon Jupp[1]
19 Jane Hunt[1] James Davies[1] James Cartlidge[1]
20 Scott Benton[1] Neil Hudson[1] Bim Afolami[1]
21 Mark Eastwood[1] Mary Robinson[1] Nick Gibb[1]
22 Jill Mortimer[1] Marcus Fysh[1] Maggie Throup[1]
23 James Cleverly[1] Tracey Crouch[1] Alex Chalk[1]
24 Trudy Harrison[1] Damian Green[1] Fay Jones[1]
25 Richard Drax[1] Luke Evans[3] Edward Timpson[1]
26 Philip Hollobone[1] Michael Fabricant[b][2] Laura Trott[1]
27 Sheryll Murray[1] Giles Watling[2][b] Huw Merriman[1]
28 Jacob Rees-Mogg[1] George Freeman[1] Laura Farris[1]
29 James Grundy[1] Simon Fell[1]
30 Kelly Tolhurst[3] Helen Whately[1]
31 Shailesh Vara[1] Jonathan Djanogly[1]
32 Maria Caulfield[3] Mark Garnier[1]
33 Edward Leigh[1] Siobhan Baillie[1]
34 Nigel Adams[1] Rehman Chishti[1]
35 Ian Levy[1] Damian Hinds[1]
36 Henry Smith[1] James Morris[1]
37 Tom Pursglove[1] Victoria Prentis[1]
38 Mark Pritchard[1] Guy Opperman[1]
39 Jane Stevenson[1] Robert Jenrick[1]
40 Gareth Johnson[1] Robert Goodwill[1]
41 Matthew Offord[1] Richard Graham[1]
42 Jonathan Gullis[1] Mel Stride[1]
43 Leo Docherty[1] Robin Walker[1]
44 Ben Wallace[1] Claire Coutinho[1]
45 Caroline Johnson[1] Robert Syms[1]
46 Simon Clarke[1] Simon Hoare[1]
47 Alok Sharma[1] Gavin Williamson[1]
48 Antony Higginbotham[1] Liam Fox[1]
49 Anne-Marie Trevelyan[1] Simon Baynes[1]
50 Daniel Kawczynski[1] Bob Neill[3]
51 Joy Morrissey[3] Anthony Browne[1]
52 Bill Cash[1] Gareth Davies[4]
53 Chris Heaton-Harris[1] James Gray[1]
54 John Whittingdale[3] Steve Brine[1]
55 Ben Everitt[1] David TC Davies[1]
56 Priti Patel[1] Mark Harper[1]
57 Greg Smith[1] Robert Halfon[1]
58 Bob Stewart[4] George Eustice[1]
59 Lee Anderson[1] Ruth Edwards[1]
60 Ben Bradley[1] Mike Wood[1]
61 Sarah Atherton[1] Stephen Hammond[1]
62 Chris Clarkson[3] Greg Clark[1]
63 Andrew Jones[1]
64 John Baron[1]
65 Julian Sturdy[1]
66 Nigel Mills[1]
67 James Daly[1]
68 Julian Smith[1]
69 Philip Dunne[1]
70 Mark Logan[1]
71 David Rutley[1]
72 Andrew Bridgen[1]
73 James Wild[1]
74 Gillian Keegan[1]
75 Chris Philp[1]
76 Sajid Javid[1]
77 Lucy Frazer[1]
78 Jonathan Lord[1]
79 Johnny Mercer[1]
80 Duncan Baker[1]
81 Steve Barclay[1]
82 Andrew Percy[1]
83 Andrew Mitchell[1]
84 Stephen Crabb[1]
85 Sally-Ann Hart[1]
86 Rebecca Pow[1]
87 Jeremy Quin[1]
88 Jamie Wallis[1]
89 Oliver Dowden[1]
90 Matt Hancock[1]
91 Tom Tugendhat[1]
92 Alan Mak[1]
93 Tobias Ellwood[1]
94 Mark Menzies[1]
95 Miriam Cates[1]
96 Richard Bacon[1]
97 Martin Vickers[1]
98 Caroline Nokes[1]
99 Selaine Saxby[1]
Threshold of 100 MP nominations required to stand
100 Robert Largan[1]
101 David Mundell[1]
102 David Simmonds[2]
103 John Howell[1]
104 Philip Davies[1]
105 Iain Stewart[1]
106 Aaron Bell[1]
107 Paul Howell[1]
108 Helen Grant[1]
109 Chris Grayling[3]
110 Peter Bottomley[1]
111 Flick Drummond[1]
112 Fiona Bruce[4]
113 David Johnston[1]
114 Desmond Swayne[1]
115 Oliver Heald[1]
116 Andrew Selous[1]
117 Greg Hands[1]
118 Paul Beresford[3]
119 Graham Stuart[1]
120 David Davis[1]
121 Kemi Badenoch[1]
122 Alun Cairns[1]
123 Tom Hunt[1]
124 Tim Loughton[1]
125 Paul Holmes[1]
126 Greg Knight[1]
127 Daniel Poulter[4]
128 Justin Tomlinson[1]
129 Andrew Lewer[1]
130 Chris Loder[1]
131 Steve Baker[1]
132 Mike Freer[3]
133 Gagan Mohindra[3]
134 Geoffrey Cox[1]
135 Jesse Norman[1]
136 Grant Shapps[1]
137 Mark Pawsey[1]
138 Theresa Villiers[1]
139 Chloe Smith[1]
140 Matt Vickers[3]
141 Stuart Andrew[1]
142 Peter Gibson[1]
143 Will Quince[1]
144 Michelle Donelan[3]
145 Neil O'Brien[1]
146 Suella Braverman[1]
147 Nus Ghani[1]
148 Michael Tomlinson[2]
149 James Heappey[2]
150 Kevin Foster[1]
151 Jerome Mayhew[1]
152 Felicity Buchan
153 Nadhim Zahawi[c][1]
154 Chris Clarkson[4][c]
155 David Morris[2][c]
156 Anna Firth[1]
157 Shailesh Vara[2][c]
158 Jeremy Hunt[4]
159 Jonathan Gullis[2][c]
160 Edward Argar[4]
161 Pauline Latham[4]
162 James Duddridge[2][c]
163 Alex Burghart[3]
164 Leo Docherty[2][c]
165 James Cleverly[2][c]
166 Robert Courts[3]
167 Maria Caulfield[3]
168 Scott Mann[3]
169 Priti Patel[2][c]
170 Michael Gove[3]
171 Louie French[3]
172 Danny Kruger[3]
173 Andrew Stephenson[2][c]
174 John Whittingdale[2][c]
175 Mark Spencer[3]
176 Victoria Atkins[3]
177 Robert Buckland[3]
178 Tom Randall[3]
Support of more than half of Conservative MPs
179 Peter Aldous[3]
180 Simon Clarke[2][c]
181 Gordon Henderson[c][3]
182 Mims Davies[3]
183 Andrew Griffith[3]
184 Brandon Lewis[3]
185 Jason McCartney[3]
186 Lucy Allan[c][2]
187 Richard Fuller[3]
188 Virginia Crosbie[2]
189 Jeremy Wright[2]
190 Royston Smith[2]
191 Chris Heaton-Harris[c][2]
192 Dean Russell[3]
193 Iain Duncan Smith[3]
194 Amanda Milling[3]
195 Tom Pursglove[c]
196 George Freeman[d][3]
197 Kate Kniveton[3]
  1. ^ Initially endorsed Jeremy Hunt, then switched to Sunak after Hunt ruled himself out of the leadership contest.
  2. ^ a b c Initially endorsed Boris Johnson, then switched to Mordaunt after Johnson ruled himself out of the leadership contest.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Initially endorsed Boris Johnson, then switched to Sunak after Johnson ruled himself out of the leadership contest.
  4. ^ Initially endorsed Penny Mordaunt, then switched to Sunak.

Peers[edit]

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Rishi Sunak[edit]

Directly-elected mayors[edit]

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Organisations[edit]

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Individuals[edit]

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Rishi Sunak[edit]

References[edit]

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