Rishi Sunak gamble to call a General Election spectacularly backfired and he stood aside as Conservative leader after a hefty defeat at the polls earlier this year.
After more than a decade in power, the Tories are now sitting on the opposition benches after being routed by Labour and losing 250 seats just five years on from winning a majority under Boris Johnson.
Sunak formally tendered his resignation as Prime Minister in the wake of his defeat and announced in his farewell speech outside 10 Downing Street that he will be quitting as Tory leader, which fired the starting gun on the race to be the next party bigwig. Woof!
Next Conservative leader odds can be found on the Paddy Power website and Paddy Power app, otherwise, details of the leading contenders to be the next Tory chief are below.
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Kemi Badenoch is the favourite with Paddy Power to be the next Conservative leader after bagging the most votes in the fourth round of polling among Tory MPs – an increase of 12 from the previous stage.
She is in the House Of Commons after holding the constituency of North West Essex and had a previous crack at the top job in 2022 when losing out to Liz Truss.
Robert Jenrick is the other contender still standing after beating James Cleverly to second place in the latest round of polling among Conservative MPs.
He saw his vote share in Newark collapse by -23.9 but just about held on and fancies a crack at the top job after holding a string of jobs in the previous government.
*All prices are bang up to date with our snazzy widgets, while odds in copy are accurate at time of publishing but subject to change
The race to be the next Conservative leader
Conservative MPs are voting to whittle down the number of candidates to two before party members get their say.
First Round
Robert Jenrick – 28
Kemi Badenoch – 22
James Cleverly – 21
Tom Tugendhat – 17
Mel Stride – 16
Priti Patel – 14
Priti Patel was knocked out in the first round.
Second Round
Robert Jenrick – 33
Kemi Badenoch – 28
James Cleverly – 21
Tom Tugendhat – 21
Mel Stride – 16
Mel Stride was knocked out in the second round.
Third Round
James Cleverly – 39
Robert Jenrick – 31
Kemi Badenoch – 30
Tom Tugendhat – 20
Tom Tugendhat was knocked out in the third round.
Fourth Round
Kemi Badenoch – 42
Robert Jenrick – 41
James Cleverly – 37
James Cleverly was knocked out in the fourth round.
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