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Two more Johnson backers: Greg Knight and James Duddridge. That's 11 today, taking him up to 40, with Gove and Hunt still on 28
Johnson has opened up a commanding lead among declared Tory MPs (here broken down by Leave & Remain)
Even if Raab picked up Esther McVey's 6 and Andrea Leadsom's 3, he'd be 9 behind Johnson
61% of Tory MPs have declared (190), as candidates, potential candidates or supporters; 12 candidates have the two nominations they need; a further 6 are potential candidates
My tallies are higher than @GuidoFawkes's because they include names on @ConHome lists, which stuffy MSM Staines is too proud to copy
After Johnson's big day yesterday, adding 11 Tory MPs to his publicly declared total, Hunt adds 3: Liam Fox, Greg Hands & Huw Merriman
Latest combined totals of @ConHome & @GuidoFawkes lists (including candidates themselves) by Leave/Remain
Plus:
Rory Stewart 4
James Cleverly 3
Andrea Leadsom 2
62% of Tory MPs (193) have declared, as candidates, potential candidates or supporters; 12 candidates have the two nominations they need; a further 6 are potential candidates (Steve Baker, Graham Brady, Sam Gyimah, Penny Mordaunt, Jesse Norman, Priti Patel)
Apologies, to make those consistent with the chart, including the candidate in the totals, those should be:
Rory Stewart 5
James Cleverly 4
Andrea Leadsom 3
Tory MPs publicly backing leadership candidates: latest combined totals (excluding candidates themselves):
Boris Johnson 44
Jeremy Hunt 31
Michael Gove 28
Dominic Raab 23
Sajid Javid 16
Matt Hancock 12
After Oliver Dowden, Robert Jenrick & Rishi Sunak for Johnson overnight
Excluding those failing to make the threshold of 8 supporters: Mark Harper, Esther McVey, Rory Stewart, Andrea Leadsom, Sam Gyimah
Totals (incl candidates) broken down by whether MPs voted Leave or Remain
The rules and the timetable for the MPs' stage of the Tory leadership contest, via @IsabelHardman
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9th new endorsement today, taking Johnson to 38 (Gove and Hunt both on 28)
Johnson having a good day. Latest totals (incl candidates themselves) broken down by MPs who voted Leave or Remain
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Two more for @BackBoris: Graham Stuart and Stephenson
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