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		</div><p>Theresa May will fire the starting gun on a Tory leadership race when she announces her departure as UK Prime Minister.</p>
<p>Several potential candidates have already set out their stalls in previous weeks as Mrs May’s tenure hung by a thread.</p>
<p>Here are nine of the MPs who have suggested, or stated, they will stand for the job.</p>
<p><strong>– Matt Hancock</strong></p>
<figure id="attachment_132551" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-132551" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/0DCCF4F5-478E-4502-8AA0-6DD103CA7DF6.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-132551" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/0DCCF4F5-478E-4502-8AA0-6DD103CA7DF6.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="391" data-wp-pid="132551" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-132551" class="wp-caption-text">Matt Hancock has hinted he is interested in the job</figcaption></figure>
<p>The Health Secretary, 40, has refused to rule himself out and said he has a “strong view about the sort of leader we need”.</p>
<p>A leader should put the Tories “four-square in the centre ground”, Mr Hancock believes.</p>
<p><strong>– Esther McVey</strong></p>
<figure id="attachment_132552" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-132552" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/DB0B7C48-F35A-4AD0-A2DA-2DC1CCE16D0D.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-132552" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/DB0B7C48-F35A-4AD0-A2DA-2DC1CCE16D0D.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" data-wp-pid="132552" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-132552" class="wp-caption-text">Former cabinet minister Esther McVey is among the most pro-Brexit of the potential candidates</figcaption></figure>
<p>The former Work and Pensions Secretary said she believes the next leader should be someone who “believes in Brexit” as she hinted at a leadership bid.</p>
<p>Ms McVey, 51, who quit the Cabinet over Brexit in November, has said it is “essential” Britain leaves the EU by the end of October.</p>
<p><strong>– Sajid Javid</strong></p>
<figure id="attachment_132555" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-132555" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/A461011D-E75A-4F94-B08C-8EC6B0C4A51E.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-132555" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/A461011D-E75A-4F94-B08C-8EC6B0C4A51E.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" data-wp-pid="132555" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-132555" class="wp-caption-text">Sajid Javid has gained support among some colleagues through his work as Home Secretary</figcaption></figure>
<p>The Home Secretary has said “there won’t be a shortage of candidates” and teased “you’ll just have to wait and see” whether he chooses to run.</p>
<p>But the 49-year-old is expected to be a popular candidate, with policies including his hard stance on the return of Shamima Begum, the former Bethnal Green schoolgirl who joined Islamic State, boosting his position among some colleagues.</p>
<p><strong>– Boris Johnson</strong></p>
<figure id="attachment_132556" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-132556" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/5F662469-3D32-4CD8-ACEE-CDB9227CE809.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-132556" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/5F662469-3D32-4CD8-ACEE-CDB9227CE809.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" data-wp-pid="132556" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-132556" class="wp-caption-text">Probably the most recognisable of the bunch, Boris Johnson is the frontrunner</figcaption></figure>
<p>Former Foreign Secretary and London mayor Mr Johnson, 54, is considered by most as the favourite to win the leadership race.</p>
<p>He has already confirmed he will stand, telling a business event “of course I’m going to go for it”.</p>
<p><strong>– Amber Rudd</strong></p>
<figure id="attachment_132557" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-132557" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/011106D7-79E4-4D07-9AB5-15938A13BB6D.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-132557" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/011106D7-79E4-4D07-9AB5-15938A13BB6D.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" data-wp-pid="132557" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-132557" class="wp-caption-text">The Work and Pensions Secretary is one of the most staunch Remainers expected to enter the race</figcaption></figure>
<p>The Work and Pensions Secretary, 55, has refused to rule out running and said she is “keeping the door slightly ajar” to the possibility.</p>
<p>Ms Rudd is one of the most senior Remain-supporting Tories, and has regained standing in the Government since resigning in April 2018 over the Windrush scandal.</p>
<p><strong>– Rory Stewart</strong></p>
<figure id="attachment_132558" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-132558" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/F9B683F7-B34B-4510-B794-844A2DE933D4.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-132558" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/F9B683F7-B34B-4510-B794-844A2DE933D4.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="919" data-wp-pid="132558" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-132558" class="wp-caption-text">Secretary of State for International Development Rory Stewart is one of the lesser-known potential candidates</figcaption></figure>
<p>The International Development Secretary, 46, began his leadership bid in an interview with The Spectator last month.</p>
<p>“If you want someone who really enjoys doing stuff and loves government and is really proud of the country and feel that’s their thing, I’m really enthusiastic,” he said.</p>
<p><strong>– Andrea Leadsom</strong></p>
<figure id="attachment_132559" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-132559" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/25F7D392-2414-41C7-A4BC-C40353C12C94.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-132559" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/25F7D392-2414-41C7-A4BC-C40353C12C94.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="949" data-wp-pid="132559" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-132559" class="wp-caption-text">Leader of the House of Commons Andrea Leadsom has described the UK’s continued membership of the EU as ‘disgusting’</figcaption></figure>
<p>Ms Leadsom, 56, has previously revealed that she was “seriously considering” running for the Conservative leadership.</p>
<p>The Leader of the Commons described the UK’s continued membership of the EU as “disgusting” and claimed that a Eurosceptic prime minister would have delivered Brexit already.</p>
<p><strong>– Jeremy Hunt</strong></p>
<figure id="attachment_132561" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-132561" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/6EB24C86-A53A-4667-A309-F700A0EF2AEB.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-132561" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/6EB24C86-A53A-4667-A309-F700A0EF2AEB.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="900" data-wp-pid="132561" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-132561" class="wp-caption-text">Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has made subtle hints at a leadership bid</figcaption></figure>
<p>The Foreign Secretary, 52, identifies as a one-nation conservative, campaigned for Remain in the 2016 referendum and would be a moderate candidate on Brexit in the leadership election.</p>
<p><strong>– Liz Truss</strong></p>
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<p>Ms Truss, 43, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, is among a few Tory MPs to have used social media to hint at a possible leadership bid.</p>
<p>She has said the Conservative party needs to “reinvent” itself.</p>
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