Senior Tories are jockeying for position to become the next Prime Minister after 48 MPs forced a no confidence vote in Theresa May.
Mrs May needs the support of more than 50% of the 315 Conservative MPs to stay in office.
In reality however, even if she wins, but with a small margin of victory, she may be forced out of Number 10.
Former Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab, relatively unknown outside of Westminster, was the bookies favourite to win any leadership run-off this morning.
But betting during the day has seen the odds shorten on Boris Johnson, who is now 4-1 favourite with many bookmakers.
Former Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab and Home Secretary Sajid Javid are among the favourites to succeed Theresa May if she loses a vote of confidence
Brexiteers Michael Gove and Boris Johnson are also among the leading pack with bookmakers
Mr Raab, a prominent Brexiteer in the referendum campaign, was appointed as Brexit Secretary in July but resigned from the role in November, saying he could not support Mrs May's deal.
In his resignation letter to Theresa May on November 15, he wrote: 'I understand why you have chosen to pursue the deal with the EU on the terms proposed, and I respect the different views held in good faith by all of our colleagues.'
Mr Raab, 44, has been the MP for Esher and Walton since he was elected in 2010. The son of a Czech-born Jewish father who came to Britain in 1938, he is married with two children.
Different bookmakers then have different combinations of Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and Sajid Javid as second, third and fourth favourites.
Boris Johnson is the best-known candidate outside of the world of politics, having risen to fame on panel shows like Have I Got News For You before becoming mayor of London.
Andrea Leadsom, who ran in the last leadership race, and Amber Rudd are also among the chasing pack
Penny Mordaunt and Jacob Rees-Mogg, who spearheaded the challenge, are contenders
Colourful Old Etonian Johnson was one of the key players in the 2017 Leave campaign and resigned from the cabinet following the Chequers summit in July.
He was heavily tipped as a successor to David Cameron but ruled himself out of the 2016 leadership contest after Michael Gove made a last-minute bid for the top job.
In a diary piece for the Spectator, Mr Johnson compared his former 'late night binges of chorizo and cheese' and recent weight loss to Brexit: 'We know that we have to make certain changes if we are to leave the EU.'
Mr Johnson refused to rule out challenging Theresa May for her premiership in at interview at the weekend, saying the British people should not 'underestimate the deep sense of personal responsibility I feel for Brexit''.
Mr Johnson, 54, who was Mayor of London for eight years, recently announced his divorce from his wife Marina Wheeler, a human rights lawyer.
Michael Gove, third favourite at 7-1 with Ladbrokes, appeared to rule himself out of the running in recent days.
With other senior members of the Cabinet reportedly manoeuvring to replace Mrs May if she had lost Tuesday's ultimately postponed Commons Brexit vote, Mr Gove said it was 'extremely unlikely' that he would stand as a future Conservative Party leader.
Veteran MP David Davis and long-time cabinet member Jeremy Hunt are also in the frame
That apparent reluctance could have something to do with his previous bruising experience in a Tory leadership race.
In June 2016, Mr Gove, who was campaign manager for Boris Johnson's failed drive to succeed David Cameron, withdrew his support on the morning that Mr Johnson was due to declare and threw his own hat in the ring instead.
He came third in the first round of voting, trailing behind ultimate winner Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom.
Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson is a 40/1 outsider
Mr Gove, 51, was born in Edinburgh, studied English at Oxford and was a journalist before becoming an MP.
Sajid Javid is 8-1 with many bookies. In his interview with the Spectator, Sajid Javid signalled his leadership ambitions by arguing that he wanted the Tories to be the party of social mobility.
On Wednesday he said he was backing Theresa May in the contest but he could still throw his hat in the ring if she loses the first vote.
The odds on Javid taking the top job are currently 8/1, according to Ladbrokes. He didn't stand in the 2016 leadership race but has since emerged as one of the favourites in Westminster to succeed Mrs May.
Javid, 49, who backed Remain in the referendum but has since positioned himself as a firm Leaver, became the first home secretary from an ethnic minority background when he was appointed in April 2018.
The son of a Pakistani bus driver from Rochdale, he was managing director at Deutsche Bank before becoming an MP in 2010. He is married with four children.
Theresa May today vowed to fight the confidence challenge with everything she has got
Outside of the top four, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt is at 7/1 with some bookmakers.
He rushed to back the PM today, tweeting: 'I am backing Theresa May tonight. Being PM most difficult job imaginable right now and the last thing the country needs is a damaging and long leadership contest.'
Despite his support however, the 51-year-old MP for South West Surrey would be seen as a likely candidate if a leadership election were held.
Mr Hunt has been a cabinet member since 2010, holding the positions of Secretary for Culture, Media and Sport, Health Secretary and, since Boris Johnson's resignation, Foreign Secretary.
Veteran Tory David Davis could also throw his hat into the ring of any leadership run-off.
He is the favoured choice of many hard Brexiteers and seen as a safer pair of hands than Mr Johnson.
He could also be promoted a caretaker to see through Brexit before standing down.
Unlikely to be the choice of Remain supporters inside the Tory Party - and has been rejected by the Tory membership before, in the 2005 race against David Cameron.
Former Home Secretary Amber Rudd has also been suggested by some in the party.
A Remainer, she is popular among Conservative MPs as the voice of Cameron-style Toryism.
Ms Rudd is still seen as a contender despite resigning amid the Windrush scandal - and she was boosted further by her return to Cabinet as Work and Pensions Secretary on Friday night.
She is badly hampered by having a tiny majority in her Hastings constituency and would not be able to unite the Tory party in a sudden contest over the Brexit negotiation.
A possible dark horse in the contest, is Penny Mordaunt, who is not well known to the public but is seen as a contender in Westminster.
She is said to harbour deep concerns about Mrs May's Brexit deal, but has stopped short of resigning from Cabinet.
Jacob Rees-Mogg is another possibility as a Corbyn-style 'outsider' candidate.
The chairman of the European Research Group of Eurosceptic Tory backbenchers, Mr Rees-Mogg has been one of Mrs May's fiercest critics within her own party.
In a joint statement with his ERG deputy today, he said: 'Theresa May's plan would bring down the Government if carried forward. But our party will rightly not tolerate it.
'Conservatives must now answer whether they wish to draw ever closer to an election under Mrs May's leadership. In the national interest, she must go.'
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Main photo article Senior Tories are jockeying for position to become the next Prime Minister after 48 MPs forced a no confidence vote in Theresa May.
Mrs May needs the support of more than 50% of the 315 Conservative MPs to stay in office.
In reality however, even if she wins, but with a small margin of victory,...
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