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Tuesday, 17 July, 2001, 10:18 GMT 11:18 UK
Who's backing whom?
With Michael Ancram and David Davis now out of the Conservative leadership contest, there is a scramble for their supporters' votes.
Now 117 of the 166 Tory MPs have declared their support for the remaining three contenders, although none of the camps can be sure their public backers have voted as they said they would. With some backers of Mr Davis and Mr Ancram saying they are transferring their support, we show who has declared their support for whom.
Ken Clarke (28 declared supporters, including himself) Ken Clarke, Tony Baldry, Alistair Burt, James Clappison, Derek Conway, Sir Patrick Cormack, David Curry, Quentin Davies, John Greenway, John Gummer, Oliver Heald, John Horam, Michael Jack, Robert Jackson, Boris Johnson, Greg Knight, Humfrey Malins, John Maples, Michael Mates, Andrew Mitchell, Anne McIntosh, James Paice Anthony Steen, Ian Taylor, Andrew Tyrie, Sir George Young, Robert Walter, Ann Widdecombe. Iain Duncan Smith (39) Iain Duncan Smith, Michael Ancram, Richard Bacon, Angela Browning, David Davis, Jonathan Djanogly, Peter Duncan, Julian Brazier, William Cash, Christopher Chope, Michael Fallon, Eric Forth, Mark Francois, Paul Goodman, Dominic Grieve, John Hayes, Gerald Howarth, Andrew Hunter, Bernard Jenkin, Eleanor Laing, Edward Leigh, Dr Julian Lewis, Patrick Mercer, Stephen O'Brien, Owen Paterson, Eric Pickles, John Redwood, Laurence Robertson, Andrew Rosindell, Andrew Selous, Richard Shepherd, Mark Simmonds, Desmond Swayne, Sir Peter Tapsell, Sir Teddy Taylor, Andrew Turner, Angela Watkinson, Bill Wiggin, Nicholas Winterton. Michael Portillo (50) Michael Portillo, Peter Ainsworth, Gregory Barker, John Bercow, John Butterfill, David Cameron, Stephen Dorrell, Alan Duncan, Nigel Evans, Michael Fabricant, Mark Field, Howard Flight, Adrian Flook,
Michael Ancram (10) was eliminated from the contest on Thursday. Now these MPs, his supporters, must decide how to transfer their support for the next ballot: Michael Ancram, Crispin Blunt, Peter Bottomley, Tim Collins, Charles Hendry, Stephen O'Brien, Jonathan Sayeed, Tim Boswell, Malcolm Moss, John Taylor. David Davis withdrew from the contest on Friday and has been joined by Eric Forth in declaring his support for Iain Duncan Smith. That leaves these nine declared Davis supporters to decide how they will vote in the next ballot. Richard Bacon, John Baron, Simon Burns, Graham Brady, Roger Gale, Dominic Grieve, David Maclean, Peter Viggers, David Wilshire. |
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