Dominic Raab, Michael Gove and Matt Hancock have ruled themselves out of becoming PM - here are the runners and riders expected to join the race
Sajid Javid was first to quit his role as Health Secretary on Tuesday evening, causing chaos in No10.
Mr Javid made it to the final four in the contest to replace Theresa May as Tory leader in 2019, but dropped out and subsequently endorsed Mr Johnson. She rushed off to Indonesia for a G20 foreign ministers summit earlier in the week before a quick turn around as Mr Johnson finally gave in to mounting Cabinet pressure.
He took on the broadcast round of interviews on Wednesday morning, on his first full day in his new job as Chancellor, before later urging the PM to resign. As chairman of the Commons Health Committee, he has used his position to make a number of critical interventions on the Government's handling of the pandemic, although his strong support for lockdown measures will not have pleased all Tory MPs.The polyglot chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee became the first to announce his intention to stand for leader should Mr Johnson be turfed out - with his declaration made in January.
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