Gyimah withdraws: “Having entered the race at such a late stage, there has not been enough time to build sufficient support”

The second referendum supporter appears to be the latest person culled by the 1922 Committee’s higher nomination threshold.

Sam Gyimah answers ConservativeHome readers’ questions

The former Universities Minister stakes out his ground in the leadership race.

Johnson. Not the Prime Minister we deserve. But the Prime Minister we need right now.

A general election is rolling down the tracks. And he is the man best placed to see off Corbyn and Farage.

Guto Bebb: Why I am voting for Gyimah

He is a candidate who offers radical yet practical solutions in the short-term and has the best chance to bring back a focus on unity and traditional Conservative values.

ConHome’s snap leadership election survey. Johnson puts on ten points – and bestrides our table like a colossus

He is set to cakewalk this contest if his colleagues in the Commons put his name before the members.

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.

ConservativeHome’s leadership election panel. “The next Tory leader’s task is to fashion a home for “decent populists”

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

This week’s winner in the Tory leadership election is…Johnson

The vocation of the front-runner is not to mess up. And he hasn’t. Indeed, he has picked up support – and upped the pace.

Iain Dale: The tragi-comedy of the collapse of Change UK

Plus: Sympathy for the Downing Street SpAds. The case for chemical castration. And: my interviews with the Tory leadership candidates.

Now Malthouse withdraws from the leadership election. “There is an appetite for this contest to be over quickly.”

He leaves the field as the 1922 Committee agrees and announces rules for the conduct of the election.

Message to the ’22: please speed up the ballots

We see no reason why the bottom three, say, shouldn’t fall out each time – rather than just the one, as previously.

There’s no majority in this Commons for anything. This Conservative contest is faltering because candidates won’t face that fact.

None are willing to admit that an election is likely, and set out how on earth they would win it with Brexit undelivered.

Nicky Morgan: This contest must be about much more than Brexit

Any candidate who focuses solely on leaving the EU will hit a brick wall with the Parliamentary Party.

WATCH: Gyimah – He would vote remain but ‘if I was Prime Minister, I wouldn’t actively campaign’ for it

He was asked how he would vote in a second, three-question referendum on Brexit.

Iain Dale: Why I believe that the October deadline leaves no time for a second referendum

Plus: I’m still backing Brexit. The Independent Group’s Tory targets. And: it’s a disgrace that public money is being spent on the European elections.