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| Tory leadership: Dominic Raab enters race | Tory leadership: Dominic Raab enters race |
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| Dominic Raab has become the latest Conservative MP to say he will run for Tory leadership. | Dominic Raab has become the latest Conservative MP to say he will run for Tory leadership. |
| The former Brexit secretary is the sixth Tory to enter the race after Theresa May said she would resign as party leader on 7 June. | The former Brexit secretary is the sixth Tory to enter the race after Theresa May said she would resign as party leader on 7 June. |
| Speaking to the Mail on Sunday, Mr Raab said he would prefer for the UK to leave the EU with a deal. | Speaking to the Mail on Sunday, Mr Raab said he would prefer for the UK to leave the EU with a deal. |
| But he said the UK must "calmly demonstrate unflinching resolve to leave in October - at the latest". | But he said the UK must "calmly demonstrate unflinching resolve to leave in October - at the latest". |
| Whoever wins the leadership contest will become the UK's next prime minister. | |
| Party bosses expect a new leader to be chosen by the end of July. | |
| Mrs May will continue as prime minister while the leadership contest takes place. | Mrs May will continue as prime minister while the leadership contest takes place. |
| She agreed with chairman of the Tory backbench 1922 Committee, Sir Graham Brady, that the process to choose a new leader should begin the week after she stands down. | |
| Five other candidates have, so far, confirmed their intention to stand: | Five other candidates have, so far, confirmed their intention to stand: |
| Earlier, other Conservative leadership contenders clashed over Brexit. | |
| Mr Hancock said Mrs May's successor must be more "brutally honest" about the "trade-offs" required to get a deal through Parliament. | |
| And Mr Stewart said he would not serve under rival Boris Johnson because of his backing for a no-deal exit. | |
| In the Mail on Sunday article, Mr Raab - who voted for Brexit in the 2016 referendum - said: "We can't live in a country where politicians make promises to respect your vote in a referendum, and then junk them if they don't like the verdict. | In the Mail on Sunday article, Mr Raab - who voted for Brexit in the 2016 referendum - said: "We can't live in a country where politicians make promises to respect your vote in a referendum, and then junk them if they don't like the verdict. |
| "The country now feels stuck in the mud, humiliated by Brussels and incapable of finding a way forward. The prime minister has announced her resignation. It's time for a new direction." | "The country now feels stuck in the mud, humiliated by Brussels and incapable of finding a way forward. The prime minister has announced her resignation. It's time for a new direction." |
| Mr Raab said "leadership with conviction" was needed to change the dynamic of Brexit. | |
| He added: "I will fight for a fairer deal on Brexit, a fairer deal for British workers, and a fairer society where every child can fulfil their potential." | |
| He was the second Brexit secretary to resign, in November 2018. | |
| At the time he said he quit the cabinet over "fatal flaws" in the draft Brexit agreement with the EU. | |
| Who are the Conservative members? | |
| Most members of most parties in the UK are pretty middle-class. But Conservative Party members are the most middle-class of all: 86% fall into the ABC1 category. | |
| Around a quarter of them are, or were, self-employed and nearly half of them work, or used to, in the private sector. | |
| Nearly four out of 10 put their annual income at over £30,000, and one in 20 put it at over £100,000. As such, Tory members are considerably better-off than most voters. | |
| Read more from Prof Tim Bale here | |
| Tory MPs have until the week commencing 10 June to put their name forward, and any of them can stand - as long as they have the backing of two parliamentary colleagues. | |
| The candidates will be whittled down until two remain, and in July all party members will vote to decide on the winner. | |
| The Conservative Party had 124,000 members, as of March last year. The last leader elected by the membership was David Cameron in 2005, as Theresa May was unopposed in 2016. | |
| It will be the first time Conservative members have directly elected a prime minister, as opposed to a leader of the opposition. |