Mike Rouse: Why I’m backing Raab

His pledge to cut income tax and National Insurance for the lowest paid is one that will resonate well on the doors across Redditch and beyond.

Nadhim Zahawi: Johnson and Raab showed their Brexit commitment by resigning. That’s why we need them both in the final.

If we are to win back voters flirting with the Brexit Party, the Party must use this contest to demonstrate its ironclad commitment to leaving in October.

In which J.Alfred Prufrock MP is spoken to by Gavin Williamson

Our hero is lobbied by the teams of four of the candidates – and by the fifth in person…

Who’s supporting whom: David Jeffery’s calculations. 1) Ministers and backbenchers

From the blog of the University of Liverpool academic: his detailed breakdown of the contest.

WATCH: Raab insists that Britain must leave the EU by the end of October

He says there is a corrosion of public trust and that the Tories will be toast if Brexit isn’t delivered.

Conservative leadership election. Candidates’ polices – full list

Each week, we’ll be summarising the announcements made by those vying to succeed May as Prime Minister.

ConHome’s leadership election panel. “May’s successors deserve better than a lame duck PM half-emptying the fiscal cupboard.”

Each week, our panel of John O’Sullivan, Rachel Wolf, Trevor Phillips, Tim Montgomerie and Marcus Roberts will analyse and assess what’s happening.

Lord Ashcroft: What my focus groups of wavering Conservative voters told me about the Tory leadership contest

For most in our groups, the strongest candidates were Johnson, Hunt and Javid, though Stewart had also stuck in several people’s minds.

Iain Dale: Johnson – unstoppable now, unless he unstops himself

Many will hope that Gove and Hunt duke it out in a constructive way for the right to take on the man who is the clear winner from the week’s events.

Johnson as Ulysses. After his many shipwrecks, bloopers and scrapes, Ithaca finally looms into view.

The only other candidate with momentum is Stewart – and it is almost impossible to see where he can glean the votes he needs.

Conservative leadership election result, Parliamentary stage, first round. Johnson wins over 100 votes and tops the poll.

Hunt is second on 43 votes, Gove third on 37, Raab fourth on 27, and Javid fifth on 23. Harper, Leadsom and McVey are out.

Next Tory Leader. Our eve of poll snap survey. Johnson wins over half the vote – a record high.

In our view, his support is a mix of genuine enthusiasm and a certain resignation: a sense that now is the time to give him a go.

Dominic Raab: I want a fairer Britain, and a more democratic Conservative Party

By reforming our Party to grow and become more engaged with its members, we will become an even stronger force for good.

Today’s Tory leadership election hustings schedule

We also have the result from yesterday evening’s ’92 Group hustings – in which Johnson scooped almost half the vote.

Andrew Gimson’s leadership sketch: Hancock versus Hunt, or optimism versus experience

The Conservative Party’s version of Candide contrasted with the stiff, decent voice of the Establishment.