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.

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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 [lower-alpha 1] [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 [lower-alpha 2] [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 [lower-alpha 2] [2] Laura Trott [1]
27 Sheryll Murray [1] Giles Watling [2] [lower-alpha 2] 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 [lower-alpha 3] [1]
154 Chris Clarkson [4] [lower-alpha 3]
155 David Morris [2] [lower-alpha 3]
156 Anna Firth [1]
157 Shailesh Vara [2] [lower-alpha 3]
158 Jeremy Hunt [4]
159 Jonathan Gullis [2] [lower-alpha 3]
160 Edward Argar [4]
161 Pauline Latham [4]
162 James Duddridge [2] [lower-alpha 3]
163 Alex Burghart [3]
164 Leo Docherty [2] [lower-alpha 3]
165 James Cleverly [2] [lower-alpha 3]
166 Robert Courts [3]
167 Maria Caulfield [3]
168 Scott Mann [3]
169 Priti Patel [2] [lower-alpha 3]
170 Michael Gove [3]
171 Louie French [3]
172 Danny Kruger [3]
173 Andrew Stephenson [2] [lower-alpha 3]
174 John Whittingdale [2] [lower-alpha 3]
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] [lower-alpha 3]
181 Gordon Henderson [lower-alpha 3] [3]
182 Mims Davies [3]
183 Andrew Griffith [3]
184 Brandon Lewis [3]
185 Jason McCartney [3]
186 Lucy Allan [lower-alpha 3] [2]
187 Richard Fuller [3]
188 Virginia Crosbie [2]
189 Jeremy Wright [2]
190 Royston Smith [2]
191 Chris Heaton-Harris [lower-alpha 3] [2]
192 Dean Russell [3]
193 Iain Duncan Smith [3]
194 Amanda Milling [3]
195 Tom Pursglove [lower-alpha 3]
196 George Freeman [lower-alpha 4] [3]
197 Kate Kniveton [3]
  1. ↑ Initially endorsed Jeremy Hunt, then switched to Sunak after Hunt ruled himself out of the leadership contest.
  2. 1 2 3 Initially endorsed Boris Johnson, then switched to Mordaunt after Johnson ruled himself out of the leadership contest.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 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.

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