Who is in the contest?
It's a crowded field in the race to replace Theresa May and all the candidates are chasing Boris Johnson. The deadline to enter the race is 5 pm in London today, which is mere minutes away.
Expect all the other candidates to try and poke holes in Boris Johnson in the days ahead, as the bookmakers give him better than 50% odds of wining the contest.
From Paddy Power:
- Boris Johnson - 4/7
- Jeremy Hunt - 9/2
- Andrea Leadsom - 8/1
- Sajid Javid - 20/1
- Michael Gove - 25/1
- Rory Stewart - 25/1
- Dominic Raab - 33/1
- Matt Hancock - 100/1
- Esther McVey - 100/1
- Mark Harper - 200/1
