Endorsements in the October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election explained

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

!No.!Boris Johnson (62)!Penny Mordaunt (27)!Rishi Sunak (197)

1	Paul Bristow^[1]	Derek Thomas	Crispin Blunt
2	James Duddridge	Bob Seely	Julie Marson
3	Nadine Dorries	Maria Miller	Richard Holden
4	Brendan Clarke-Smith	John Lamont	Angela Richardson
5	Michael Fabricant	Damian Collins	Steve Double
6	Stephen McPartland	Andrea Leadsom	Kevin Hollinrake
7	Marco Longhi	Robbie Moore	Jo Gideon
8	Andrea Jenkyns	Kieran Mullan	John Glen
9	Andrew Stephenson	Craig Tracey	Simon Hart
10	Christopher Chope	Nicola Richards	Andrew Bowie
11	Amanda Milling	Roger Gale	Anthony Mangnall
12	Shaun Bailey	John Penrose	Dominic Raab
13	Lia Nici	Caroline Dinenage	John Stevenson
14	Karl McCartney	Harriett Baldwin	Gary Streeter
15	Andrew Rosindell	Caroline Ansell	Andrew Murrison
16	David Morris	Lee Anderson^[2]	Craig Williams
17	Holly Mumby-Croft	Heather Wheeler	Paul Maynard
18	Peter Bone	Elliot Colburn	Simon Jupp
19	Jane Hunt	James Davies	James Cartlidge
20	Scott Benton	Neil Hudson	Bim Afolami
21	Mark Eastwood	Mary Robinson	Nick Gibb
22	Jill Mortimer	Marcus Fysh	Maggie Throup
23	James Cleverly	Tracey Crouch	Alex Chalk
24	Trudy Harrison	Damian Green	Fay Jones
25	Richard Drax	Luke Evans	Edward Timpson
26	Philip Hollobone	Michael Fabricant	Laura Trott
27	Sheryll Murray	Giles Watling	Huw Merriman
28	Jacob Rees-Mogg	George Freeman	Laura Farris
29	James Grundy		Simon Fell
30	Kelly Tolhurst^[3]		Helen Whately
31	Shailesh Vara		Jonathan Djanogly
32	Maria Caulfield		Mark Garnier
33	Edward Leigh		Siobhan Baillie
34	Nigel Adams		Rehman Chishti
35	Ian Levy		Damian Hinds
36	Henry Smith		James Morris
37	Tom Pursglove		Victoria Prentis
38	Mark Pritchard		Guy Opperman
39	Jane Stevenson		Robert Jenrick
40	Gareth Johnson		Robert Goodwill
41	Matthew Offord		Richard Graham
42	Jonathan Gullis		Mel Stride
43	Leo Docherty		Robin Walker
44	Ben Wallace		Claire Coutinho
45	Caroline Johnson		Robert Syms
46	Simon Clarke		Simon Hoare
47	Alok Sharma		Gavin Williamson
48	Antony Higginbotham		Liam Fox
49	Anne-Marie Trevelyan		Simon Baynes
50	Daniel Kawczynski		Bob Neill
51	Joy Morrissey		Anthony Browne
52	Bill Cash		Gareth Davies
53	Chris Heaton-Harris		James Gray
54	John Whittingdale		Steve Brine
55	Ben Everitt		David TC Davies
56	Priti Patel		Mark Harper
57	Greg Smith		Robert Halfon
58	Bob Stewart^[4]		George Eustice
59	Lee Anderson		Ruth Edwards
60	Ben Bradley		Mike Wood
61	Sarah Atherton		Stephen Hammond
62	Chris Clarkson		Greg Clark
63			Andrew Jones
64			John Baron
65			Julian Sturdy
66			Nigel Mills
67			James Daly
68			Julian Smith
69			Philip Dunne
70			Mark Logan
71			David Rutley
72			Andrew Bridgen
73			James Wild
74			Gillian Keegan
75			Chris Philp
76			Sajid Javid
77			Lucy Frazer
78			Jonathan Lord
79			Johnny Mercer
80			Duncan Baker
81			Steve Barclay
82			Andrew Percy
83			Andrew Mitchell
84			Stephen Crabb
85			Sally-Ann Hart
86			Rebecca Pow
87			Jeremy Quin
88			Jamie Wallis
89			Oliver Dowden
90			Matt Hancock
91			Tom Tugendhat
92			Alan Mak
93			Tobias Ellwood
94			Mark Menzies
95			Miriam Cates
96			Richard Bacon
97			Martin Vickers
98			Caroline Nokes
99			Selaine Saxby
Threshold of 100 MP nominations required to stand
100			Robert Largan
101			David Mundell
102			David Simmonds
103			John Howell
104			Philip Davies
105			Iain Stewart
106			Aaron Bell
107			Paul Howell
108			Helen Grant
109			Chris Grayling
110			Peter Bottomley
111			Flick Drummond
112			Fiona Bruce
113			David Johnston
114			Desmond Swayne
115			Oliver Heald
116			Andrew Selous
117			Greg Hands
118			Paul Beresford
119			Graham Stuart
120			David Davis
121			Kemi Badenoch
122			Alun Cairns
123			Tom Hunt
124			Tim Loughton
125			Paul Holmes
126			Greg Knight
127			Daniel Poulter
128			Justin Tomlinson
129			Andrew Lewer
130			Chris Loder
131			Steve Baker
132			Mike Freer
133			Gagan Mohindra
134			Geoffrey Cox
135			Jesse Norman
136			Grant Shapps
137			Mark Pawsey
138			Theresa Villiers
139			Chloe Smith
140			Matt Vickers
141			Stuart Andrew
142			Peter Gibson
143			Will Quince
144			Michelle Donelan
145			Neil O'Brien
146			Suella Braverman
147			Nus Ghani
148			Michael Tomlinson
149			James Heappey
150			Kevin Foster
151			Jerome Mayhew
152			Felicity Buchan
153			Nadhim Zahawi
154			Chris Clarkson
155			David Morris
156			Anna Firth
157			Shailesh Vara
158			Jeremy Hunt
159			Jonathan Gullis
160			Edward Argar
161			Pauline Latham
162			James Duddridge
163			Alex Burghart
164			Leo Docherty
165			James Cleverly
166			Robert Courts
167			Maria Caulfield
168			Scott Mann
169			Priti Patel
170			Michael Gove
171			Louie French
172			Danny Kruger
173			Andrew Stephenson
174			John Whittingdale
175			Mark Spencer
176			Victoria Atkins
177			Robert Buckland
178			Tom Randall
Support of more than half of Conservative MPs
179			Peter Aldous
180			Simon Clarke
181			Gordon Henderson
182			Mims Davies
183			Andrew Griffith
184			Brandon Lewis
185			Jason McCartney
186			Lucy Allan
187			Richard Fuller
188			Virginia Crosbie
189			Jeremy Wright
190			Royston Smith
191			Chris Heaton-Harris
192			Dean Russell
193			Iain Duncan Smith
194			Amanda Milling
195			Tom Pursglove
196			George Freeman
197			Kate Kniveton

Peers

Boris Johnson

• The Lord Cruddas, banker and businessman^[5]

Jeremy Hunt

• The Lord Desai, economist^[6]

Rishi Sunak

• The Lord Ashcroft, deputy party chair (2005–2010)^[7]
• The Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links, leader of the Scottish Conservatives (2011–2019)^[8]
• The Lord Frost, Chief Brexit Negotiator (2019–2020)^[9]
• The Lord Hague of Richmond, Foreign Secretary (2010–2014) and party leader (1997–2001)^[10]
• The Lord Howard of Lympne, Home Secretary (1993-1997) and party leader (2003-2005)^[11]

Directly-elected mayors

Boris Johnson

• Ben Houchen, Mayor of Tees Valley (2017–present)^[12]

Organisations

Jeremy Hunt

• Bloomberg News^[13]

Individuals

Penny Mordaunt

• Iain Dale, broadcaster (Independent)^[14]

Rishi Sunak

• Piers Morgan, broadcaster^[15]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Grierson . Jamie . 21 October 2022 . Johnson, Mordaunt or Sunak: who is backing whom as next Tory leader . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221022085912/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/21/boris-johnson-penny-mordaunt-rishi-sunak-who-backing-next-tory-leader . 22 October 2022 . 21 October 2022 . The Guardian.
2. News: 20 October 2022 . Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt: Who are MPs backing? . en . BBC News . 21 October 2022.
3. Web site: 21 October 2022 . The race to 100 – who are Tory MPs backing to be the next prime minister? . Sky News . en . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221021204633/https://news.sky.com/story/the-race-to-100-who-are-tory-mps-backing-to-be-the-next-prime-minister-12726550 . 21 October 2022 . 21 October 2022.
4. Web site: 22 October 2022 . Who's backing whom? . 23 October 2022 . . en-GB.
5. News: EXCLUSIVE: Lord Cruddas is backing Boris as Tory leadership race gets underway . James, Jordan . 21 October 2022 . Politicalite . 22 October 2022 .
6. News: Jeremy Hunt would make a better PM candidate, Rishi Sunak could return as Chancellor: Lord Megnad Desai . ET Now . 21 October 2022 . The Economic Times . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221021062347/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/expert-view/jeremy-hunt-would-make-a-better-pm-candidate-rishi-sunak-could-return-as-chancellor-lord-megnad-desai/articleshow/95003799.cms . 22 October 2022 . 21 October 2022 .
7. Web site: 22 October 2022 . Lord Ashcroft backs Rishi Sunak . 24 October 2022 . . en.
8. Web site: 2022-10-24 . Rishi Sunak closes in on No 10 as Penny Mordaunt races to get 100 backers before deadline – UK politics live . 2022-10-24 . the Guardian . en.
9. News: Penna . Dominic . Telegraph Reporters . 22 October 2022 . Split on Tory Right as Priti Patel backs Boris Johnson but Lord Frost endorses Rishi Sunak . en-GB . The Telegraph . 22 October 2022 . 0307-1235.
10. Web site: Hague: Johnson Returning as PM Would Spell 'Death Spiral' for Tories . . 21 October 2022 . 22 October 2022 . Hague has said he will back Rishi Sunak, who he also supported during the summer's leadership contest..
11. News: Who are the Tory big beasts backing in the leadership race?. Brown, Mark . 24 October 2022 . The Guardian . 24 October 2022 .
12. News: 22 October 2022 . Ben Houchen and another Tory MP want Boris Johnson to return as Prime Minister . Hordon . Daniel . 22 October 2022 . The Northern Echo . en.
13. Web site: 22 October 2022 . With Liz Truss Flailing, Jeremy Hunt Must Lead . 22 October 2022 . Bloomberg News.
14. News: Dale . Iain . Only Penny Mordaunt can unite the Tory party – and take the fight to Labour . The Telegraph . 20 October 2022 . subscription . https://web.archive.org/web/20221020200625/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/10/20/penny-mordaunt-can-unite-tory-party-take-fight-labour/ . live . 22 October 2022 . 20 October 2022 .
15. Web site: Beale . Hollie . 22 October 2022 . Piers Morgan tells Boris Johnson to put UK 'before bruised ego' as he backs Rishi Sunak . 24 October 2022 . Express.co.uk . en.