The former chancellor resigned from his ministerial post on Tuesday evening, just moments after Sajid Javid quit as health secretary
The latest YouGov poll of Tory members shows the defence secretary as the clear favourite for next leader.The poll shows Mr Wallace beating all the main contenders including Mr Sunak, Penny Mordaunt and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss.Sky News' political correspondent Joe Pike understands Mr Wallace is discussing the matter with his family before deciding how to proceed.but said he intended to remain in office until his successor is elected, a process that could take months.
This prompted a backlash from senior Conservative figures, including former party leader Sir John Major, who in a letter to 1922 Committee chairman Sir Graham Brady said thatin the Commons, with the support of other opposition parties, if Tory MPs cannot oust him straight away.to replace Mr Johnson in a Tory leadership contest.Sky News understands that both Dominic Raab, the deputy prime minister, and Michael Gove, the former levelling up secretary, have ruled themselves out of the contest.
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