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.

PS Don't forget to enter conservativehome's first round prediction competition by clicking here...

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

[Selsdon Man]

MPs will vote on social issues as much as economic ones. Both Bernard Jenkin and Peter Lilley have socially liberal views and voting records. That may explain their support for David Cameron.

[Andy Stidwill]

Peter, I obviously had a different edition of that day's Times, because Michael Lord was definitely at the bottom of the list in my copy. I should have realised that was the explanation!

[James Hellyer]

Firstly James it was you who accused me of guestimating to start with not me

No I didn't.
secondly why do you really hate Davis so much.

I've not said anything that implies I hate David Davis. Get in touch with reality and then come back.

[James Maskell]

Marxist Fraud, nice one Daniel! Never thought about the Marxist bit...

[Sean Fear]

Peter Lilley's not particularly socially liberal. I'd have expected him to go for Fox.

[Andy Stidwill]

"Peter Lilley's not particularly socially liberal. I'd have expected him to go for Fox."

Except for the fact that he was the first senior Tory politician to recommended that cannabis should be legalised.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1425153.stm

[Andy Stidwill]

Sky News just reported that Philip Dunne and Rob Wilson are backing Cameron.

[Selsdon Man]

The Guardian also reports that Rob Wilson has been claimed by the Cameron camp.

[Andy Stidwill]

Andrew Turner declares for Fox, (BBC News).

[comstock]

Do you think it's possible we won't even see a second round of voting, if whoever finishes third is 30 or so behind

[Selsdon Man]

"Andrew Turner declares for Fox, (BBC News)."

That's what I call last minute! Will the undeclared Cornerstone MPs follow his example though?

[Andy Stidwill]

"Do you think it's possible we won't even see a second round of voting, if whoever finishes third is 30 or so behind"

I think that if Davis somehow comes third, he would pull out pretty quickly, leaving Cameron and either Fox or Clarke to go straight through to the members ballot.

Also, if Davis comes 1st or 2nd, but gets less than about 55 votes, he might also pull out and support Fox.

[Peter]

Thats a strange one Andy as I had a list of 21mps for that day(11undecided and 10 Won't say) and none of them was called Michael Lord.
Is this the same James Hellyer who said on the 14th about people guestimating then?

[Peter]

The black art of trying to finish a candidate is still looming on this board. Why should Davis back Fox, he is quite clearly closer to Cameron than Fox on most policies?

[James Hellyer]

Is this the same James Hellyer who said on the 14th about people guestimating then?

In response to you criticing me for downsizing an estimate after I'd checked a list of MPs.

Check your facts before you bandy accusations about.

[Selsdon Man]

Today's Telegraph - John Whittingdale said that he had voted for Fox. Nick Hurd and Sir John Stanley said that they voted for Cameron.

[Dan]

Guardian Online has got Nigel Waterson switching from Clarke to Fox

and Adam Holloway from Davis to Cameron.

[Peter]

So you do make a fuss about other people comments then James?

[James Hellyer]

Peter,

You are the one who made a fuss about my comments, not vice versa. You moaned that I made an estimate. You then moaned when I adjusted that estimate. It's you who made a fuss.

Grow up, and stop boring me.