Mel Stride was the fourth Tory to put his name in the ring and said there was a ‘huge job to do’ for the party. The Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary was always an outsider bet for the leadership, but lasted until the second round of voting being being booted out of the race.

Kemi Badenoch, James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick and Tom Tugendhat are the final candidates for the Tory top spot. Although the race was announced on 5 July, the leader will not be revealed until early November – although two candidates have called for the timeframe to be cut down.