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[[File:Official portrait of Rishi Sunak crop 2 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Official portrait of [[Rishi Sunak]] as MP for [[Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament constituency)|Richmond (Yorks)]], 2017]]
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This is a summary of the '''electoral history of [[Rishi Sunak]]''', the [[Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)|Leader of the Conservative Party]] and [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] since October 2022. Sunak previously [[Chancellorship of Rishi Sunak|served]] as [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] from 2020 to 2022, and has been the MP for [[Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament constituency)|Richmond (Yorks)]] since 2015.

==Parliamentary elections==

===2015 general election, Richmond (Yorks)===
{{transcluded section|source=Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament constituency)}}{{Election box begin|title=[[2015 United Kingdom general election|General election 2015]]: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name=electoralcalculus>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="2015 result">{{cite news
| title = Richmond (Yorks)
| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000895
| publisher = BBC News
| access-date = 13 May 2015}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=[[Rishi Sunak]]|votes=27,744|percentage=51.4|change=―11.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=UK Independence Party|candidate=Matthew Cooke|votes=8,194|percentage=15.2|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=[[Mike Hill (British politician)|Mike Hill]]|votes=7,124|percentage=13.2|change=―2.1|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=John Harris|votes=3,465|percentage=6.4|change=―12.7|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=John Blackie|votes=3,348|percentage=6.2|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Leslie Rowe|votes=2,313|percentage=4.3|change=+1.5|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Robin Scott|votes=1,811|percentage=3.4|change=''New''|}}
{{Election box majority|votes=19,550|percentage=36.2|change=―7.5}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=53,999|percentage=64.7|change=―2.5}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=―13.3}}
{{Election box end}}

===2017 general election, Richmond (Yorks)===
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{{#section:Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament constituency)|General Election 2017}}

===2019 general election, Richmond (Yorks)===
{{transcluded section|source=Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament constituency)}}
{{#section:Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament constituency)|General Election 2019}}

==July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election==
{{transcluded section|source=July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election}}
{{#section:July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election|Results}}

==October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election==
Nominated and elected unopposed by 197 Conservative MPs
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|[[Crispin Blunt]]{{efn|Initially endorsed Jeremy Hunt, then switched to Sunak after Hunt ruled himself out of the leadership contest.|name="HunttoSunak"}}<ref name=":5">{{cite web |last=Grierson |first=Jamie |date=21 October 2022 |title=Johnson, Mordaunt or Sunak: who is backing whom as next Tory leader |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/21/boris-johnson-penny-mordaunt-rishi-sunak-who-backing-next-tory-leader |url-status=live |archive-url=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 |archive-date=22 October 2022 |access-date=21 October 2022 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
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|[[Julie Marson]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Richard Holden (British politician)|Richard Holden]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Angela Richardson]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Steve Double]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Kevin Hollinrake]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Jo Gideon]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[John Glen (politician)|John Glen]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Simon Hart]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Andrew Bowie (politician)|Andrew Bowie]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Anthony Mangnall]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Dominic Raab]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[John Stevenson (British politician)|John Stevenson]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Gary Streeter]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Andrew Murrison]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Craig Williams (British politician)|Craig Williams]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Paul Maynard]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Simon Jupp]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[James Cartlidge]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Bim Afolami]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Nick Gibb]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Maggie Throup]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Alex Chalk]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Fay Jones (politician)|Fay Jones]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Edward Timpson]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Laura Trott (politician)|Laura Trott]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Huw Merriman]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Laura Farris]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Simon Fell (politician)|Simon Fell]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Helen Whately]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Jonathan Djanogly]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Mark Garnier]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Siobhan Baillie]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Rehman Chishti]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Damian Hinds]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[James Morris (British politician)|James Morris]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Victoria Prentis]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Guy Opperman]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Robert Jenrick]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Robert Goodwill]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Richard Graham (politician)|Richard Graham]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Mel Stride]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Robin Walker]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Claire Coutinho]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Robert Syms]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Simon Hoare]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Gavin Williamson]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Liam Fox]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Simon Baynes]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Bob Neill]]<ref name=":4">{{cite web |date=21 October 2022 |title=The race to 100 – who are Tory MPs backing to be the next prime minister? |url=https://news.sky.com/story/the-race-to-100-who-are-tory-mps-backing-to-be-the-next-prime-minister-12726550 |url-status=live |archive-url=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 |archive-date=21 October 2022 |access-date=21 October 2022 |website=Sky News |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[Anthony Browne (politician)|Anthony Browne]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Gareth Davies (English politician)|Gareth Davies]]<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=22 October 2022 |title=Who's backing whom? |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/who-s-backing-whom-boris-leads-the-way |access-date=23 October 2022 |website=[[The Spectator]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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|[[James Gray (British politician)|James Gray]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Steve Brine]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[David TC Davies]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Mark Harper]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Robert Halfon]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[George Eustice]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Ruth Edwards]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Mike Wood (Conservative politician)|Mike Wood]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Stephen Hammond]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Greg Clark]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Andrew Jones (British politician)|Andrew Jones]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[John Baron (politician)|John Baron]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Julian Sturdy]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Nigel Mills]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[James Daly (English politician)|James Daly]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Julian Smith (politician)|Julian Smith]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Philip Dunne (Ludlow MP)|Philip Dunne]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Mark Logan (politician)|Mark Logan]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[David Rutley]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Andrew Bridgen]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[James Wild (politician)|James Wild]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Gillian Keegan]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Chris Philp]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Sajid Javid]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Lucy Frazer]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Jonathan Lord]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Johnny Mercer (politician)|Johnny Mercer]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Duncan Baker]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Steve Barclay]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Andrew Percy]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Andrew Mitchell]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Stephen Crabb]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Sally-Ann Hart]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Rebecca Pow]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Jeremy Quin]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Jamie Wallis]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Oliver Dowden]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Matt Hancock]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Tom Tugendhat]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Alan Mak (politician)|Alan Mak]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Tobias Ellwood]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Mark Menzies]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Miriam Cates]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Richard Bacon (politician)|Richard Bacon]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Martin Vickers]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Caroline Nokes]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Selaine Saxby]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Robert Largan]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[David Mundell]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[David Simmonds]]<ref name=":6">{{cite news |date=20 October 2022 |title=Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt: Who are MPs backing? |language=en |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-63343308 |access-date=21 October 2022}}</ref>
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|[[John Howell (politician)|John Howell]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Philip Davies]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Iain Stewart (politician)|Iain Stewart]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Aaron Bell (politician)|Aaron Bell]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Paul Howell (MP)|Paul Howell]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Helen Grant (politician)|Helen Grant]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Chris Grayling]]<ref name=":4" />
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|[[Peter Bottomley]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Flick Drummond]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Fiona Bruce (politician)|Fiona Bruce]]<ref name=":7" />
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|[[David Johnston (British politician)|David Johnston]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Desmond Swayne]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Oliver Heald]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Andrew Selous]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Greg Hands]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Paul Beresford]]<ref name=":4" />
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|[[Graham Stuart (politician)|Graham Stuart]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[David Davis (British politician)|David Davis]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Kemi Badenoch]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Alun Cairns]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Tom Hunt (politician)|Tom Hunt]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Tim Loughton]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Paul Holmes (Eastleigh MP)|Paul Holmes]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Greg Knight]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Dan Poulter|Daniel Poulter]]<ref name=":7" />
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|[[Justin Tomlinson]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Andrew Lewer]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Chris Loder]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Steve Baker (politician)|Steve Baker]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Mike Freer]]<ref name=":4" />
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|[[Gagan Mohindra]]<ref name=":4" />
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|[[Geoffrey Cox (British politician)|Geoffrey Cox]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Jesse Norman]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Grant Shapps]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Mark Pawsey]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Theresa Villiers]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Chloe Smith]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Matt Vickers]]<ref name=":4" />
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|[[Stuart Andrew]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Peter Gibson (politician)|Peter Gibson]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Will Quince]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Michelle Donelan]]<ref name=":4" />
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|[[Neil O'Brien]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Suella Braverman]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Nus Ghani]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Michael Tomlinson]]<ref name=":6" />
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|[[James Heappey]]<ref name=":6" />
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|[[Kevin Foster (politician)|Kevin Foster]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Jerome Mayhew]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Felicity Buchan]]
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|[[Nadhim Zahawi]]{{efn|Initially endorsed Boris Johnson, then switched to Sunak after Johnson ruled himself out of the leadership contest.|name="JohnsontoSunak"}}<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Chris Clarkson (politician)|Chris Clarkson]]<ref name=":7" />{{efn|name="JohnsontoSunak"}}
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|[[David Morris (Conservative politician)|David Morris]]<ref name=":6" />{{efn|name="JohnsontoSunak"}}
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|[[Anna Firth]]<ref name=":5" />
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|[[Shailesh Vara]]<ref name=":6" />{{efn|name="JohnsontoSunak"}}
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|[[Jeremy Hunt]]<ref name=":7" />
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|[[Jonathan Gullis]]<ref name=":6" />{{efn|name="JohnsontoSunak"}}
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|[[Edward Argar]]<ref name=":7" />
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|[[Pauline Latham]]<ref name=":7" />
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|[[James Duddridge]]<ref name=":6" />{{efn|name="JohnsontoSunak"}}
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|[[Alex Burghart]]<ref name=":4" />
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|[[Leo Docherty]]<ref name=":6" />{{efn|name="JohnsontoSunak"}}
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|[[James Cleverly]]<ref name=":6" />{{efn|name="JohnsontoSunak"}}
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|[[Robert Courts]]<ref name=":4" />
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|[[Maria Caulfield]]<ref name=":4" />
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|[[Scott Mann (politician)|Scott Mann]]<ref name=":4" />
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|[[Priti Patel]]<ref name=":6" />{{efn|name="JohnsontoSunak"}}
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|[[Michael Gove]]<ref name=":4" />
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|[[Louie French]]<ref name=":4" />
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|[[Danny Kruger]]<ref name=":4" />
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|[[Andrew Stephenson]]<ref name=":6" />{{efn|name="JohnsontoSunak"}}
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|[[John Whittingdale]]<ref name=":6" />{{efn|name="JohnsontoSunak"}}
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|[[Mark Spencer (British politician)|Mark Spencer]]<ref name=":4" />
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|[[Victoria Atkins]]<ref name=":4" />
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|[[Robert Buckland]]<ref name=":4" />
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|[[Tom Randall (politician)|Tom Randall]]<ref name=":4" />
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|[[Peter Aldous]]<ref name=":4" />
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|[[Simon Clarke (politician)|Simon Clarke]]<ref name=":6" />{{efn|name="JohnsontoSunak"}}
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|[[Gordon Henderson (politician)|Gordon Henderson]]{{efn|name="JohnsontoSunak"}}<ref name=":4" />
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|[[Mims Davies]]<ref name=":4" />
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|[[Andrew Griffith]]<ref name=":4" />
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|[[Brandon Lewis]]<ref name=":4" />
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|[[Jason McCartney (politician)|Jason McCartney]]<ref name=":4" />
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|[[Lucy Allan (politician)| Lucy Allan]]{{efn|name="JohnsontoSunak"}}<ref name=":6" />
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|[[Richard Fuller (Conservative politician)|Richard Fuller]]<ref name=":4" />
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|[[Virginia Crosbie]]<ref name=":6" />
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|[[Jeremy Wright]]<ref name=":6" />
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|[[Royston Smith]]<ref name=":6" />
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|[[Chris Heaton-Harris]]{{efn|name="JohnsontoSunak"}}<ref name=":6" />
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|[[Dean Russell]]<ref name=":4" />
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|[[Iain Duncan Smith]]<ref name=":4" />
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|[[Amanda Milling]]<ref name=":4" />
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|[[Tom Pursglove]]{{efn|name="JohnsontoSunak"}}
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|[[George Freeman (politician)|George Freeman]]{{efn|Initially endorsed Penny Mordaunt, then switched to Sunak.|name="MordaunttoSunak"}}<ref name=":4" />
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|[[Kate Kniveton]]<ref name=":4" />
|}
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