Who's backing who? (rolling update 3)

Sir Malcolm's decision to quit the race reduces the field to four candidates and so I've cleared the clutter from the post when he was still in the race and listed below is a fresh list of public declarations.

This list incorporates today's news that Michael Ancram (a Rifkind backer for all of four days) and Anne Milton have both declared for David Cameron.

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David Davis (66)

1. David Amess
2. Richard Bacon
3. John Baron
4. Sir Paul Beresford
5. Graham Brady
6. Julian Brazier
7. James Brokenshire (13/10)
8. Dr Greg Clark
9. Derek Conway
10. David Davies
11. Philip Davies
12. David Davis
13. Nadine Dorries
14. Jonathan Djanogly
15. James Duddridge
16. Nigel Evans
17. David Evenett
18. Michael Fallon
19. Mark Field
20. Eric Forth
21. Roger Gale
22. David Gauke
23. Cheryl Gillan
24. Paul Goodman
25. Damian Green
26. Dominic Grieve
27. Philip Hammond
28. Nick Herbert
29. Mark Hoban
30. Philip Hollobone
31. Adam Holloway
32. Stewart Jackson
33. David Jones
34. Julie Kirkbride
35. Greg Knight
36. Ian Liddell-Grainger
37. David Lidington
38. Tim Loughton
39. Andrew Mackay
40. Anne Main
41. Humphrey Malins
42. John Maples
43. Patrick Mercer
44. Andrew Mitchell
45. Malcolm Moss
46. Andrew Murrison
47. Richard Ottaway
48. James Paice
49. Mike Penning
50. Eric Pickles
51. Mark Pritchard
52. David Ruffley
53. Lee Scott
54. Mark Simmonds
55. Keith Simpson
56. Richard Spring
57. Robert Syms
58. Ian Taylor
59. Shailesh Vara
60. Charles Walker
61. Ben Wallace
62. Bill Wiggin
63. David Willetts
64. David Wilshire
65. Ann Winterton
66. Nicholas Winterton

David Cameron (39)

1. Peter Ainsworth
2. Michael Ancram (joined from Team Rifkind)
3. Tony Baldry
4. Greg Barker
5. Richard Benyon
6. Sir John Butterfill
7. David Cameron
8. Douglas Carswell (12/10)
9. Alan Duncan
10. Philip Dunne (17/10)
11. Tobias Ellwood
12. Nick Gibb MP
13. Michael Gove
14. James Gray
15. Jeremy Hunt
16. Bernard Jenkin (12/10)
17. Boris Johnson
18. Robert Key (13/10)
19. Jacqui Lait (13/10)
20. Mark Lancaster
21. Oliver Letwin
22. Peter Lilley (17/10)
23. Peter Luff
24. Theresa May (12/10)
25. Maria Miller (17/10)
26. Anne Milton
27. David Mundell
28. George Osborne
29. Andrew Robathan
30. Hugh Robertson
31. Grant Shapps
32. Nicholas Soames
33. Graham Stuart (17/10)
34. Hugo Swire
35. Ed Vaizey
36. Peter Viggers
37. Theresa Villiers
38. Robert Wilson (17/10)
39. Jeremy Wright

Kenneth Clarke (26)

1. James Arbuthnot (17/11)
2. John Bercow
3. Alistair Burt
4. James Clappison
5. Kenneth Clarke
6. Sir Patrick Cormack (recent days)
7. David Curry
8. Quentin Davies MP
9. Stephen Dorrell
10. Edward Garnier
11. John Greenway
12. John Gummer
13. Charles Hendry
14. John Horam
15. Andrew Lansley (16/10)
16. Michael Mates
17. Andrew Pelling (17/10)
18. John Penrose (12/10)
19. Sir Malcolm Rifkind
20. Anthony Steen
21. Andrew Tyrie
22. Robert Walter
23. Nigel Waterson
24. Ann Widdecombe
25. Tim Yeo
26. Sir George Young

Liam Fox (23)

1. David Burrowes
2. Geoffrey Cox (17/10)
3. Stephen Crabb
4. Liam Fox
5. Christopher Fraser (16/10)
6. Mark Francois (14/10)
7. Robert Goodwill (14/10)
8. Chris Grayling
9. Justine Greening
10. Greg Hands
11. Stephen Hammond
12. Mark Harper
13. John Hayes (11/10)
14. Oliver Heald
15. Gerald Howarth (16/10)
16. Eleanor Laing
17. Daniel Kawczynski
18. Brooks Newmark
19. Stephen O’Brien
20. Owen Paterson (14/10)
21. Gary Streeter
22. Desmond Swayne
23. Angela Watkinson (14/10)

Comments

[Dan]

When is Cornerstone announcing? I heard it was meant to be tonday but I've heard nothing about it at all on the news and seen nothing on the WWW.

[Editor]

They're meeting at 6.30pm Dan. It is not clear if they will declare immediately after the meeting or whether they'll wait.

[Elena]

So, Ancram and Milton declare for Cameron. That doesn't surprise me.

Are the others going to follow Rifkind and endorse Clarke, do you think?

[Selsdon Man]

That Davis list has a lot of ex-Ken supporters and former Portillistas. Davis supporters beware!

[Selsdon Man]

Ancram declares for Cameron and makes his Cornerstone suitors look rather foolish!

[Baskerville]

Tomorrow (Wednesday) the 92 Group and No Turning Back Group are holding a hustings that the Cornerstoners are planning to attend. Cornerstone have another meeting planned for tomorrow after the hustings, so that's when they're more likely to announce a decision.

[Rik]

Rob Wilson MP (Reading East) is holding a public meeting on Friday night to which all leadership contenders have been invited to send a representative. Nick Robinson of the BBC will be there along with Sky and ITV. It has been widely publicised in the local press and non party members are welcome to attend as long as they live in the constituency.

[James Hellyer]

John Hayes has declared for Dr Fox:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4330728.stm

[Editor]

Thank you, James.

[Alastair Matlock]

Sir Patrick Cormack has followed Rifkind and declared for Ken Clarke. The Telegraph reports that Theresa May will probably declare for David Cameron today.

[Editor]

She just has, Alastair; on the Today programme.

[James B]

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article318849.ece

Article on today's Independent stating that Sir Patrick Cormack is backing Ken.

[Selsdon Man]

Does anyone know what happens if there is a tie for third and fourth place? That is a real possibility that needs to be discussed.

The obvious options are a a casting vote for 1922 Chairman or reballot or both eliminated?

[James Hellyer]

In 2001 Sir Michael Spicer reran the first ballot after David Davis and Michael Ancram tied for last place.

[Graham D'Amiral]

sir Malcolm's campaign team had claimed to have more than just the six public backers, and had somewhere between 10-20 supporters. If that is true they might well prove very significant in this contest.

Does anyone know how many members of cornerstone have mot declared?

[Andy Stidwill]

Of the 25 MPs on Cornerstone's website, 9 have declared so far - 5 for Fox: (Burrowes, Swayne, Harper, Hayes, Crabb), 3 for Davis: (Liddell-Grainger, Brazier, Scott), and 1 for Cameron: (Mundell). So there are 16 still to declare.

[James Burdett]

Another declaration for Mr Cameron, IDS stalwart Bernard Jenkin....

[Cllr Iain Lindley]

I'm not a huge fan of Bernard Jenkin but it is encouraging that the breadth and variety of support for Cameron has increased considerably.

[Andy Stidwill]

BBC News website reporting 15 more MPs declaring for Fox. No names yet.

[Dan]

Where abouts on the BBC site? I cant see it anywhere.

[Andy Stidwill]

On the "Latest News" strip, running along the top.

[Adrian Sherman]

Well Iain, at least he's broadening his appeal beyond the Old Etonian brigade.

I hear 'Dave and Sam', as we must call them now, are inviting would be supporters over to their Notting Hill pad for lasagne and chianti. Seems like a good idea, everyone knows Tory MPs love getting their greedy little snouts in the trough.

[Graham D'Amiral]

Both the telegraph and the independent reported today that sir Patrick Cormack had endorsed clarke. He doesn't appear on this sites list though, Is it just a rumour rather than a firm pledge?

[Oberon Houston]

Ed: I have a sneaking suspicion that your site is being attacked by some unscrupulous bloggers that aren't very Conservative.

[Dan]

Would we be refering to Mr Sherman? I think you could be right, but hey what do you expect from the Liberal Democrats? or even the Socialist Workers... *shudders*